South African Man Stones Girlfriend To Death After Accusing Her Of Cheating

South African Man Stones Girlfriend To Death After Accusing Her Of Cheating

A 23-year-old man is expected to appear in the Nebo Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo after he was arrested for allegedly killing a 17-year old-girl believed to be his girlfriend.

The incident reportedly happened on Saturday, 20 August 2022 around 19:00.

Limpopo police spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Mamphaswa Seabi said the information they received suggests that the 23-year-old man was walking with the 17-year-old girl at Kome village under Nebo policing area when she allegedly received a call. The suspect then accused her of cheating on him and he then stoned her to death.

Seani said the police were called and on arrival at the scene, the victim was found lying with fatal injuries. She was identified as Promise Tjatji.

“The Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit took over the case for further investigations. The suspect will face a charge of murder.”