A man from Dutywa has appeared in court for allegedly shooting his mother dead on Wednesday.
Ntombizanele Pamla, 65, was killed at her Sikhobeni Village home. Her son, Melikhaya Pamla, 39, had arrived home from Cape Town only 20 minutes earlier.
A licensed firearm was recovered from the suspect.
Butterworth police spokesman Captain Jackson Manatha said Ntombizanele Pamla was shot in the upper body, and died on her bed.
Melikhaya Pamla had been charged with murder, and the motive for the crime was unclear.
The accused appeared briefly in the Dutywa Magistrate’s Court on Friday. He was not asked to plead. He would remain in custody until a bail application was held today.
lAn elderly man, accused of raping his granddaughter since January this year, is to appear in the Ngqamakhwe Magistrate’s Court today.
The grandfather is 76, and his granddaughter, 33.
Manatha said: “It is alleged that the grandmother of the victim, who is not residing with the grandfather of the victim, had been sending the victim to wash the dishes and clean the house of the suspect.”
It was alleged the suspect “would threaten his granddaughter not to tell anyone [about the crime”.
Butterworth police recovered 1000 fake CDs and machines that reproduce them on Saturday.
The vendors accused of selling the fakes fled. Manatha said the fake CDs would be destroyed.
lAn 18-year-old suspect has been arrested by Dutywa police for possessing dagga.
Dagga in two plastic bags was found at the suspect’s home on Saturday at Mangathi Location Doti Village, Dutywa.
Manatha said police, acting on a tip-off, found the dagga, which weighed 2.488kg and had a street value of R3000.
The suspect would appear in court today.
Son of shot Dutywa woman not asked to plead
Ntombizanele Pamla, 65, was killed at her Sikhobeni Village home. Her son, Melikhaya Pamla, 39, had arrived home from Cape Town only 20 minutes earlier.
A licensed firearm was recovered from the suspect.
Butterworth police spokesman Captain Jackson Manatha said Ntombizanele Pamla was shot in the upper body, and died on her bed.
Melikhaya Pamla had been charged with murder, and the motive for the crime was unclear.
The accused appeared briefly in the Dutywa Magistrate’s Court on Friday. He was not asked to plead. He would remain in custody until a bail application was held today.
lAn elderly man, accused of raping his granddaughter since January this year, is to appear in the Ngqamakhwe Magistrate’s Court today.
The grandfather is 76, and his granddaughter, 33.
Manatha said: “It is alleged that the grandmother of the victim, who is not residing with the grandfather of the victim, had been sending the victim to wash the dishes and clean the house of the suspect.”
It was alleged the suspect “would threaten his granddaughter not to tell anyone [about the crime”.
Butterworth police recovered 1000 fake CDs and machines that reproduce them on Saturday.
The vendors accused of selling the fakes fled. Manatha said the fake CDs would be destroyed.
lAn 18-year-old suspect has been arrested by Dutywa police for possessing dagga.
Dagga in two plastic bags was found at the suspect’s home on Saturday at Mangathi Location Doti Village, Dutywa.
Manatha said police, acting on a tip-off, found the dagga, which weighed 2.488kg and had a street value of R3000.
The suspect would appear in court today.
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