MPUMALANGA – A 34 year old male was arrested for the alledged murder of his 43-year-old patner, who worked as an Admin Clerk in the SAPS,this comes as her lifeless body was reportedly discovered on 20 June 2022 around 8am.
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According to reports,it is said that on 20th of June 2022 a 13-year-old boy went to his bedroom, where he discovered the lifeless body of a woman known to him as a neighbour, in his bed. He then informed an adult who immediately reported the matter to the police as well as the emergency medical personnel.
When Officers and Medics arrived, they certified her dead on the scene and a murder case was then opened and investigated by the police. It is said that the investigation revealed that the suspect was last seen with the deceased as he had visited her, a manhunt was then launched for the suspect and he was arrested and charged with murder.
The suspects is set to appear at the Wakkestroom Magistrate’s Court today)(22 June 2022). The Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela has welcomed the arrest of the suspect at same time expressed her disappointment on the incidents of Gender-Based-Violence where women across the board continue to suffer at the hands of those who were supposed to protect them.
“The situation of brutal murders of women by their spouses can never be allowed to allowed to carry on like this. We need to put a stop on these and we hope that the law will take its course in dealing with perpetrators” said Manamela.
The motive of the murder is still unknown.
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