A 50-year-old man is expected to appear in court after he was arrested for allegedly stealing money from his 74-year-old mother in Daveyton.
The man was arrested by members of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) on Tuesday.
“The 74-year-old female complainant alleges that on December 6, at 11am, while she and her naughty son, the suspect, were relaxing at home, she quickly went to the bathroom. The mother left behind a handbag containing an undisclosed amount of money,” EMPD spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Kelebogile Thepa said.
“When she (the mother) came back, the son was nowhere to be found. Money was missing from the handbag. The mother said she is sure that the money was stolen by her son.”
The mother alleged that in the previous week, the 50-year-old son had stolen the memory card of her cellphone, and a two-plate stove.
At the time when he was confronted about the missing memory card and stove, the man denied having any knowledge of the property.
However, Thepa said during a thorough body search, the missing memory card was found on the man, and the stove was found in his room.
“The sick and tired parent, registered a case of theft and the perpetrator was arrested and taken to the Daveyton police station. The detained suspect is expected to appear at the Daveyton Magistrate’s Court soon,” said Thepa.
Earlier this month, IOL reported that a 19-year-old girl appeared before the Giyani Magistrate's Court, in Limpopo, after she was arrested in Sekgosese for the murder of her 60-year-old father.
The teenager was arrested at Rooerfontein village outside Giyani, in the Mopani District.
“It is reported that the police received a report of a family fighting on November 29, at about 9.30pm from a person who reported from Roerfontein village,” Limpopo police spokesperson, Brigadier Hlulani Mashaba said at the time.
“Upon arrival of the police at the crime scene, they discovered a lifeless body of a male person having stab wounds on his back, and on the right hand. He was identified by his wife as Edward Frank Ralekgokgo, aged 60.”
Police have since gathered that the 60-year-old father was involved in a heated argument with his wife, before he allegedly assaulted her.
“According to the information available, it is alleged that the deceased had a heated argument with his wife and the daughter realised that her mother was assaulted. She decided to shout, calling upon the community to come forward to assist in stopping the fight amongst the couple,” said Mashaba.
“Subsequently, the deceased (the father) suddenly attacked the suspect (the daughter) with a knife. The suspect managed to get the knife from the deceased and stabbed him.”
Moments later, the father was declared dead on the crime scene by paramedics.
IOL