Family hands teen over for murder of elderly woman near Bolobedu
Police spokesperon Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said the boy will be dealt with in accordance with the Child Justice Act.
LIMPOPO – The Provincial Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe has welcomed the arrest of a 17 year-old boy, a day after he allegedly killed Maidi Puledi Malefofane (85).
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Police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said Malefofane was killed in her home at Kuranta village under the Mokwakwaila policing area in Bolobedu.
Her body was found with gruesome stab wounds on Tuesday May 17.
Mojapelo said the child was brought to the police station by a family member who suspected that something was amiss with him following the murder of their neighbour.
“We appreciate the conduct of the family member who brought the child to the police station as this will send a clear message that perpetrators of crime have to be subjected to the rule of law regardless of relationships and that offenders within our own families have to be reported to the police,” Hadebe said.
Mojapelo said the child will be dealt with in accordance with the Child Justice Act.
