Teenage girl arrested for allegedly killing grandmother (63) in Tongaat, KZN
The elderly woman was found lying in a pool of blood with assault wounds to the head in her home.
In a shocking twist police have arrested the 13-year-old granddaughter of a woman (63) who was murdered with a hammer on Monday in Fairbreeze, Tongaat, North Coast Courier reports.
The elderly woman was found lying in a pool of blood with assault wounds to the head in her home, said the police.
“The girl was found at the house and when questioned, she said that while she was hanging up her clothes she heard her grandmother screaming for help,” said Colonel Thembeka Mbele.
Speaking to the police, the girl told them that she had witnessed a man attacking her grandmother with a hammer.
“She said she tried to fight the man but he overpowered, pushed her out and locked the door,” said provincial police spokesperson Colonel Thembeka Mbele.
The girl then claimed to have gone in search of help after the man fled, and later returned with neighbours.
On Tuesday the mother of the teenage girl brought her to the police station where she was arrested and charged with murder.
She is due to appear in the Verulam Magistrate’s Court Thursday 21 November 2019.
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