A woman accused of falsely claiming her baby was kidnapped will again appear in Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court January 24.
Busi Nkosi (42) of Kempton Park West is out on R3 000 bail.
She has been charged with perjury and defeating the ends of justice.
On October 7, Nkosi reported her baby boy had been kidnapped in a robbery in Kempton Park.
It was initially reported that three men and two women broke into the woman’s house in Kempton Park West and tied up Nkosi and her 16-year-old daughter, and drugged them.
Police said the robbers took the baby, its clothes and Nkosi’s cell phone.
The father arrived home after 10pm and untied his wife and daughter. Police found no signs of forced entry.
Police then discovered that the boy Nkosi had reported missing was in fact a relative’s toddler who had never stayed with her at all.
It is believed the robbery was also staged.
