Man accused of hacking Durban mother and toddler to death, abandons bail bid

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The man accused of killing a woman and a 2-year-old child with a bush knife near Phoenix earlier this month withdrew his bail application in the Verulam Magistrate’s Court on Friday.

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According to KZN NPA spokesperson Natasha Ramkisson-Kara, the accused, Thembinkosi Ngcobo, 62, has been remanded in police custody.Ngcobo faces two counts of murder. The Daily News reported that, according to a source, the 30-year-old woman was found with slash wounds to her upper body.The toddler was alive when she was found, but died on the way to hospital.

After a manhunt was launched, the suspect was arrested while sneaking back into the house, said KZN police spokesperson Brigadier Jay Naicker.

 

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