It’s alleged that his parents were home when he arrived and demanded keys to his backroom. When the father said there were no keys, he started breaking the furniture,” said Sergeant Linkie Lefakane from the Bekkersdal Police.
The father decided to walk to the police station to report the matter, however, when he was on his way, he received a call that his son had set their home on fire.
“A case of arson was opened and the suspect was subsequently arrested. He is to appear again in the Westonaria Magistrates’ Court for his bail application on Monday February 14,” Sergeant Lefakane added.
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For more than 4 and a half years, Clinton Botha was a journalist at Roodepoort Record. His articles were regularly published in the Northside Chronicle now known as the Roodepoort Northsider. Clinton is also the editor of Randfontein Herald since July 2020. As a sports fanatic he wormed his way into various "beats - as the media would know it - and admits openly that his big love always have something to do with a scoreboard, crowds and usually a ball that hops.
