SINENHLANHLA Myeza (35), who was arrested in connection with the viral Pinetown attempted hijacking shoot-out video, is expected to return to the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court on January 21 for further investigation.

Myeza was expected to proceed with a formal bail application on Tuesday, November 10. However, his Legal Aid attorney informed the magistrate that he was abandoning his bail application following a consultation with his client during the court proceedings.

The State prosecutor told the court that Myeza now faces 11 charges after the Sydenham hijacking case was joined to the 10 cases he was initially charged with.

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The charges he faces include four counts of attempted murder, attempted robbery, two counts of murder, two counts of possession of unlicensed firearms and two counts of unlawful possession of ammunition. The court also heard that the State is awaiting post-mortem and ballistic results.

Both the prosecutor and Myeza’s attorney agreed to postpone the matter, which drew worldwide attention, to January 21 for further investigation.

Myeza was also linked to a hijacking in Sydenham in September, during which a firearm was allegedly stolen.

According to KZN police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Paul Magwaza, the October incident involved a father and his two children who were reversing out of their driveway when suspects allegedly alighted from a vehicle behind them.

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One of the suspects allegedly opened fire on the father, who returned fire and fatally wounded one of the attackers.

Further investigations led Pinetown detectives to KwaDabeka, where Myeza was arrested. Police allegedly found him in possession of an unlicensed firearm and 14 rounds of ammunition.

Myeza subsequently faced charges linked to the Sydenham incident, which was later joined to his existing Pinetown case.

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