Murder-accused Jeremy Sias' girlfriend was so upset by admissions he made to police in her presence that she walked out of the investigating officer's office, the Western Cape High Court heard on Monday. | TammyPetersen87
Jaydeen Azur, the mother of four of Sias' five children, was taken to the Philippi police station, on her boyfriend's request, for her to be present as he told Sergeant Xolani Basso his version of what happened to murdered Meghan Cremer, the officer testified.
Basso, a detective employed by the police for the past 19 years, said he collected Sias from the station's holding cells on 6 August 2019, three days after the horse rider's disappearance.Meghan Cremer's face was so badly disfigured that family identified her by jewellery, mom tells court "When I was about to conduct the interview with the accused, I had a brief talk with him. The accused requested me to personally go and fetch his girlfriend, Jaydeen Azur.""At some point, she stood up and went out of my office. I could see she was upset.""I put the detail in writing and shared it with the branch commander. I followed proper procedure, so that the accused could do the pointing out of the deceased.
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