Trial date set in Amantle Samane (6) murder case
A trial date has been set in the case of a 30-year-old man accused of raping and killing six-year-old Amantle Samane in October last year.
Phete Simao (30) appeared before the High Court in Johannesburg earlier on Tuesday, where he faces charges of kidnapping, rape, murder and contravention of Immigration Act.
Samane disappeared from her Orlando West home in Soweto, prompting a widespread search which ended in the discovery of her lifeless body in a backroom that Simao had been living in.
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The accused was arrested three days later in Zola, Soweto.
The Mozambican national has remained in custody after abandoning his bail.
“A pre-trial conference was held between the State and defence, where the accused agreed to plead guilty to count 4, Contravention of the Immigration Act,” said National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Phindi Mjonondwane.
The matter was postponed to 31 July for plea and trial.
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