Police on Friday confirmed that a man who fled SA seven years ago after skipping trial for the murder of his former girlfriend has been nabbed in Brazil.
Brig Vish Naidoo said 39-year-old Gerhard Jansen van Vuuren was arrested in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday.
“After a failed suicide attempt at the scene of crime, Jansen Van Vuuren was charged with the murder of Venter before the Randburg magistrate's court. He was later granted bail in the Johannesburg high court after the SAPS successfully opposed bail twice before the Randburg magistrate's court. Four days before the start of his murder trial in May 2013, Jansen Van Vuuren fled the country using false documentation.
Police commissioner Lt-Gen Khehla Sitole hailed Jansen van Vuuren’s recapture and imminent repatriation to SA as a success for authorities.
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