Clairwood murder case moved to Durban High Court
The women accused of kidnapping and murdering 10-year-old best friends, Luyanda Msomi and Njabulo Mankayi in November last year will stand trial in the Durban High Court.
The case was transferred from the Durban Magistrate's Court yesterday.
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The ex-girlfriend of Njabulo's father, Amahle Maliwa and her friend Liziwe Ngwayise appeared in the Durban Magistrate's Court yesterday for the case against them to be transferred.
They will be back in the dock, this time in front of a judge, in October.
The State is expected to argue that the boys were taken to Maliwa's house after school and kept there until nightfall.
It is alleged that Njabulo was then taken to the Bayhead Road Canal and Luyanda to Dove Road in Montclair, south of Durban where they were forced to drink poison.
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A post-mortem could not determine Njabulo's death due to his body having been found in an advanced state of decomposition.
However, Luyanda's was ruled consistent with chemical burns.
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The ex-girlfriend of Njabulo's father, Amahle Maliwa and her friend Liziwe Ngwayise appeared in the Durban Magistrate's Court yesterday for the case against them to be transferred.
They will be back in the dock, this time in front of a judge, in October.
The State is expected to argue that the boys were taken to Maliwa's house after school and kept there until nightfall.
It is alleged that Njabulo was then taken to the Bayhead Road Canal and Luyanda to Dove Road in Montclair, south of Durban where they were forced to drink poison.
ALSO READ: Classmates say Clairwood boys were good, respectable
A post-mortem could not determine Njabulo's death due to his body having been found in an advanced state of decomposition.
However, Luyanda's was ruled consistent with chemical burns.