NW man arrested for girlfriend’s murder after body found under bed
North West police have arrested a 33-year-old man in connection with the
murder of his girlfriend.
Police spokesperson Aafje Botma says 30-year-old Tsholofele Olifant was assaulted with a chain prior to her death.
“According to information, the suspect assaulted the victim with a chain, then threatened and chased away his sister after she tried to intervene.”
She returned to her brother’s home following only for him to tell her Olifant went to Vryburg. However, she noted a foul smell coming from the house.
“Despite sensing a bad smell, she left. She went back to her brother’s house again on Wednesday, 3 November. Although she did not find her brother, she managed to gain entrance into the house.
“Subsequent to another sense of a bad smell, she found the victim’s lifeless body wrapped in a sheet and a blanket under the bed. Thus, she called the police,” says Botma.
The suspect was arrested on Friday.
He is expected to appear in the Klerksdorp Magistrate’s Court on Monday on a charge of murder.
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