Amaoti mother charged with concealment of birth to remain behind bars
An Amaoti woman, who has been charged with murder after her newborn baby was found buried in a shallow grave, will remain behind bars.
She was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of killing her baby.
It's understood that neighbours who had seen the woman pregnant became suspicious and interrogated her after finding her without the baby.
Police say the community then forced her to dig up the shallow grave where the remains of her baby were buried.
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Officers say she claimed that the child had died.
KZN NPA spokesperson Natasha Kara says the 25-year-old made a brief appearance in the Ntuzuma Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
"The 25-year-old woman appeared on a charge of murder alternatively concealment of birth. The matter was remanded to 4 August 2022 for bail consideration."
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