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Media Statement WESTERN CAPE – The Western Cape Provincial Commissioner General Thembisile Patekile commended the labour of the investigating officer who walked the extra mile in a bid to ensure that Nkosinathi Emmanuel Nqaba got his day in court. Initial reports reveal that on Wednesday, 15 November 2023 at approximately 20:00, the complainant received a call from an unknown number. It is alleged that the victim and her friends were picked up by a red Ford Fiesta Figo later. When they were driving in Steve Biko another vehicle blocked them off and three males disembarked the vehicle and forced the three girls into their vehicle at gunpoint. One of the suspects held up the Uber driver. They first took the girls to an unknown flat where they kept them for about 2 hours before they were moved to a second stronghold till the next day. On the Thursday morning, one of the victims was taken to a bank in Rondebosch where she was forced to transfer money into four different accounts where after they were dropped in Baden Powell Drive where they found the red ford Figo Uber vehicle. They found the driver of the Uber vehicle locked in the boot. The victims reported their ordeal to members who passed by in a police vehicle. Nkosinathi Emmanuel Nqaba was then arrested and detained at Harare SAPS on kidnapping and extortion charges. The bail application was successfully opposed and the accused remained in custody for the duration of the trial.
On Thursday, 05 September 2024, in the Khayelitsha Regional Court, the accused pleaded guilty and was sentenced to an effective 15 years imprisonment on charges of kidnapping and extortion.
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