Man arrested in connection with kidnapping of Portuguese butchery owner seeking medical attention
Zimbabwean national, Bongani Dube, limped into the Roodepoort Magistrates Court on Thursday where he appeared on charges of kidnapping and extortion.
Bongani Dube appeared in the Roodepoort Magistrate's Court on 4 July 2024 on charges of kidnapping and extortion. Picture: Katlego Jiyane/EWN
JOHANNESBURG - The man arrested in connection with the kidnapping of a Portuguese butchery owner is seeking medical attention.
Zimbabwean national, Bongani Dube, limped into the Roodepoort Magistrate's Court on Thursday, where he appeared on charges of kidnapping and extortion.
Thiy-nine-year-old Dube claims police assaulted him, injuring his left hip when they detained him on Monday.
Dube was arrested by members of the anti-kidnapping task team on Monday in connection with the kidnapping of a Portuguese butchery owner in Roodepoort last week.
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The victim was abducted outside his business in Florida and held hostage for a week, while his kidnappers demanded a ransom of R10 million.
Magistrate Malini Nair requested Dube to stand before the court and point out his injuries.
"There appears to be splatters of blood on the white shirt and on the pants of the left leg."
EWN understands that Dube was nabbed by police in Hillbrow and pointed out a house in Snake Park, Soweto, where the victim was found handcuffed and rescued on Monday evening.
Dube was arrested and formally charged with kidnapping, extortion, robbery with aggravating circumstance and contravention of the immigration act on Tuesday.
The court said a request for Dube to get medical attention would be filed with police.