A 27-year-old woman will appear before the Heidelberg Magistrate Court today on charges of murder, kidnapping and armed robbery. The woman was arrested in Hillbrow on Sunday 12 June 2016.
It is alleged that the deceased and another victim were hiking at Evander to Lesly in Mpumalanga when they were robbed at gun point by people impersonating Police Officers in July 2015. The two victims were forced into the car and robbed of their belongings. The suspects drove with the victims to the Glenroy farming area, north of Heidelberg, where they strangled the one victim.
The deceased and the other victim, who was drugged, were dumped in a quarry. The other victim managed to crawl towards the road for assistance. According to the surviving witness, they were forced to drink an unknown liquid and he felt drugged.
The arrested woman’s co-accused was arrested on 25 August 2015 and has already made a court appearance on 4 April 2016.