Best friends accused of killing elderly Kwadukuza man will apply for bail

Best friends accused of killing elderly Kwadukuza man will apply for bail

Two best friends accused of murdering an elderly man in KwaDukuza will apply for bail next week.

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Police say the pair entered 74-year-old Goberdhan Sahadew’s farm in Holmbocsh earlier this month and assaulted him. 


Spokesperson, Thembeka Mbele says the suspects took the man’s cellphones, shotgun, cash and other items and drove off in his vehicle.


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She says the car was later found abandoned. Sahadew also ran a tuckshop at the farm. " Customers who found Sahadew’s lifeless body had spotted the bloodstains outside the yard and informed the police



Charges of murder and robbery were opened at KwaDukuza police for investigation. The investigation by the detectives led to Doringkop where the suspects were hiding. They were arrested and charged by detectives. 

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