Five suspects facing murder charges including a former police official were remanded in custody today,
They appeared in the Ermelo Magistrate’s Court following Vehicle Crime Investigation Unit Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Piet Pretorius’s death last Thursday.
Mthobisi Nkosi (40), Aubrey Xaba (35), Skhumbuzo Skhakhane (40), Nyiko Mujovo (30) and Valencia Skhosana (36) were were arrested in Mbombela a few hours after the murder was committed.
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Lieutenant Colonel Pretorius sustained multiple gunshot shot wounds and later succumbed to his injuries in hospital. A vehicle believed to have been used in the commission of crime was also found burnt to ashes in Ermelo on Friday, January 17.
The suspects are expected to make their second court appearance in the same court on Monday, 27 January 2025.
