Baby snatcher in court
According to the police, the suspect told the baby's mother she just wanted to visit her sister in another department, but then disappeared.
A YOUNG woman accused of abducting an infant at KwaMsane Clinic last Thursday, will remain behind bars until her bail application is heard.
That was the ruling when Bathabile Myeni (28) briefly appeared in the KwaMsane Magistrate’s Court on Monday, facing a charge of kidnapping.
It is alleged Myeni vanished with a six-week-old boy after offering to comfort the crying baby.
According to the police, the suspect told the baby’s mother she just wanted to visit her sister in another department, but then disappeared.
The boy’s mother had brought the child to the clinic for immunisation.
Following a tip-off from the community about Myeni’s whereabouts, the KwaMsane Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offenses Unit (FCS) arrested her in her home at Nkombose Reserve the next day,
The baby was found in good health, taken to the clinic for observation and later handed over to his parents.
The incident happened a day after police arrested another 28-year-old woman for allegedly arranging to sell three children with albinism to a sangoma in eManguzi.
The police were conducting an investigation on the disappearance of a four-year-old albino boy from uMkhobosa Reserve in eSikhaleni.
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