Police have confirmed that the 20-year-old suspect arrested after the discovery of six women’s bodies at a panelbeating business in Johannesburg had a previous case of rape opened against him.
Provincial police spokesperson Brig Brenda Muridili confirmed the rape case was withdrawn by the complainant in February this year.
“The accused was arrested in June 2021 in connection with a rape case. The case was withdrawn by the complainant in 2022,” said Muridili. The suspect appeared briefly in the Johannesburg magistrate’s court on Tuesday, covering his face with a black cloth. He was charged with one count of premeditated murder.
State prosecutor Nazley January requested that the matter be postponed for seven days to allow investigators to conduct an identity parade and confirm his residential address. Magistrate Betty Khumalo told the accused she had noted he had already secured a legal representative from Legal Aid.
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