Three men have appeared in court for allegedly killing a teenager after they found her inside a house they intended to burgle.
|||Three men have appeared in court for allegedly murdering a teenager after they found her inside a house they intended to burgle.
Velile Bushuca, 36, Yanga Maso, 22, and Khayelethu Yakaba, 34, appeared in the Athlone Magistrate’s Court for the first time on Thursday.
It is the State’s case that the men stabbed 14-year-old Nontombi Jonginamba to death on Wednesday last week.
Her body was found a short distance from her home in Krwakrwa Street in Gugulethu with a pillow covering her face.
Police said at the time that she had not been raped.
“The accused went to the house of the deceased and didn’t know she was inside. She woke up. They fought and killed her,” prosecutor Mulatedzi Netshimbupfe said.
Police arrested the men at about 2am on Tuesday. They have been charged with murder and housebreaking with intent to rob and robbery.
The men will remain in custody until their next court appearance on April 26.
- Cape Argus
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