Two foreign nationals, aged 35 and 37, had been arrested on Tuesday in connection with the brutal murder of an elderly Birchleigh woman on Friday.
The naked body of 74-year-old Miemie Bergh, a former theatre matron and scrub sister at Arwyp Medical Centre, was found in her bedroom cupboard at Manhattan Heights on the corner of Matumi and Geelhout streets around 2pm on Friday.
She had been strangled and hit on the head with an axe.
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Capt Lesibana Molokomme, spokesperson for Norkem Park SAPS, on Wednesday said a team of detectives, under the leadership of Det Sgt Edwin Maborala, were put together to investigate the crime. He was assisted by Const Collin Molomo, Const Lawrence Mashaotane and Const Benny Selolo.
“On Tuesday the team went out on their investigations and at around noon they arrested the first suspect in Boksburg CBD.
“The first suspect led the officers to Brentwood Park where a second suspect was arrested,” Molokomme added.
A cellphone and necklace belonging to the deceased were recovered.
The men will appear in Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court facing a murder charge.
Station commander Col Tobie Strauss and head of detectives Lt Col Potgieter thanked the community for information received from them, as well as the detective team who acted swiftly.
