One of the five robbers linked to the brutal murder of Jansenville stock farmer Owen Charles on Sunday night was among the prisoners released in line with President Jacob Zuma's special remission of sentence concession.
A 12-year-old is among those arrested in connection with the murder. The man had been arrested only three months ago for breaking into the Armadale farmhouse in which the weekend attack took place. This emerged after four of the five suspects, all minors, were arrested following a high-speed car chase and shoot-out in Knysna on Monday night. The arrested suspects are all between 12 and 17 years of age.
The police have already linked them to the murder of Charles, 70, who was stabbed during the robbery. His wife Janet, 69, was beaten unconscious and admitted to a Port Elizabeth hospital.
Earlier this month, a 94-year-old grandmother was raped in Swayimane, in KwaZulu-Natal, also allegedly by a man released on Zuma's remission programme, which was announced on Freedom Day. Jansenville police spokesman Rino Kilian confirmed the arrests. Six firearms, jewellery and other valuables were stolen. The robbers took the couple's bakkie and fled.
The bakkie was spotted by the police on the N2 highway at about 7pm on Monday being driven through Knysna towards Cape Town. The driver, a 22-year-old man, escaped after the vehicle overturned and rolled down an embankment.
Source: Times Live
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