Dokodweni murder-accused back in court
The teenage suspect is accused of raping and murdering a Grade 5 learner
THE bail hearing of a teen accused of the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl of Dokodweni area, was postponed to Friday.
The suspect, aged 17, appeared at the Mtunzini Magistrate’s Court a week ago for a formal bail application and was remanded in police custody.
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He is accused of raping and killing Gingindlovu grade 5 learner, Amanda Mthembu, who went missing on Sunday, 14 June after she had visited her mother’s family in Mbizimbelwe Reserve.
Her body was found buried in a shallow grave in a sugar cane plantation in the Dokodweni area on 21 June during a police search.
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