Bathobile Mlangeni, the former SBV security guard who made headlines for her alleged brazen theft of R4m in 2019, has chosen to abandon her quest for bail.
She was arrested earlier this month after an alleged tip-off to the police that she was living in Zola, Soweto.
Despite her name and photograph appearing in newspapers, the former guard managed to evade the police for more than two years. TimesLIVE reports indicate the former guard was hiding in plain sight and living in Soweto. It was said she appeared to be struggling for cash.Mlangeni, who worked for a security company that processes, moves and manages cash and high-value assets, was on duty at the time of the alleged crime at the Mall of Africa in July 2019. She allegedly cut open two bulk cash bags and transferred the money into refuse bags that she placed in a trolley and pushed out of the centre.
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