Durban - The domestic worker of widow Shaikla Singh, who was murdered in her Musgrave home during an armed robbery, appeared in the Durban Magistrate’s Court late on Wednesday.
Nonjabulo Mteki, 35, is the third person arrested by the police’s Provincial Task Team in connection with the February 29 killing.
Singh, a retired teacher, was found bound and gagged on the floor of her Musgrave home in a secure multi-unit complex.
There were apparently no signs of forced entry.
Mteki was also in the house at the time and had called for help.
Investigating officer, Warrant Officer Rajan Govender, as well as Warrant Officers Denver Parbhu, Praved Maharaj and Lenny Naidoo - arrested Mteki on Tuesday at Singh’s home.
The team also arrested Kennedy Amon Ngongi, 28, and Ally Juna Abdullah, 34, both from Tanzania, last week and they appeared in court on Monday. Ngongi was arrested in the city centre and Abdullah was arrested in Springfield Park.
All three face charges of murder and robbery with aggravating circumstances and were to appear together soon for bail consideration.
In court on Wednesday, prosecutor Sharon Moodley told magistrate, Vanitha Armu, the State was opposed to bail.
Mteki, of uMlazi, sat in the dock holding her head and kept her eyes closed.
She had initially told Govender, who addressed the court, that she wanted to speak to the magistrate about changing her legal counsel. But she changed her mind when she was asked to speak. The magistrate said the issue of legal counsel could be addressed at Mteki’s next court appearance.
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