JOHANNESBURG – As the country continues to voice its outrage at the scourge of gender-based violence, two victims were laid to rest on Saturday.
Fourteen-year-old Janika Mello was raped and murdered on the first of September in Heinz Park in Philippi, when a day earlier in East London boxing star Leighandre "Baby Lee" Jegels had been shot dead. Mello's family were under the impression that the teenager had returned home safely after she had gone to a function in another suburb.Two teenagers, aged 16 and 18-year-old, have been arrested in connection with her murder.Her mother was wounded in the attack.
The suspect in Jegels’s murder was meant to appear in court a few days later, but he died in hospital following a car crash he was involved in after he allegedly fled the crime scene.
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