CrimeNewsBreaking News

Duduza man arrested for beating 7-month-old baby to death

A 49-year-old man from Duduza was arrested by the police, after he has beaten a seven-month-old baby to death with a garden hoe on February 10.

The incident occurred at a house in Cool Breeze Extension 2, Masechaba View.

According to SAPS Duduza spokesperson Sgt Harry Manaka, the suspect claimed the baby “was possessed by demons”.

He was arrested shortly after the killing and appeared in Nigel Magistrate’s Court on February 12 on the charge of murder.

Read more about this story in the next edition of HERAUT.

 

Follow us on:
Facebook Twitter

At Caxton, every story is written by humans. We use AI only to perform quality checks - never to generate the news. Happy reading!

Support local journalism

Add The Citizen as a preferred source to see more from Heidelberg Nigel Heraut in Google News and Top Stories.

Magda Maritz

News editor and journalist for HERAUT newspaper. 'Read what you like and like what you read' is my motto.

Related Articles

Back to top button