Cape Town – Two Egyptian nationals accused of kidnapping and killing their business partner in Cape Town appeared in the Mitchells Plain Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
Police said the accused, aged 33 and 34, were arrested in Grabouw in the Western Cape and Komani in the Eastern Cape last week.
They first made their court appearance in the Grabouw Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday before the matter was transferred to the Mitchells Plain court.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Pojie said investigations revealed that the duo confronted the deceased about a substantial amount of cash they suspected he stole from the business profits.
“Preliminary investigation suggests that the victim, Saeed Mansour, was visited by his former business partners, the accused, at his business in Grabouw on the 31st of March where the duo confronted him, allegedly about a substantial amount of cash from the business profits they suspected him of taking without consent. They then forced him into their car and took off.
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“Investigation into the disappearance took the investigation team first to Grabouw, where they arrested one of the accused on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, and on Friday, April 7, 2023, to Queenstown where the second accused was arrested with the assistance of the local police. Both were detained at the Grabouw police holding cells,” said Pojie said.
He said one of the accused co-operated with the police and pointed out where the body was and it was exhumed from a man-made grave along Baden Power Drive.
“As a result, the scene was examined by forensic experts and members of the integrated Anti-Kidnapping Task Team,” said Pojie.
He said that provincial management lauded the efforts of the integrated task team in bringing the suspects to books.
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Compiled by Olwethu Mpeshe
