Man arrested for trying to kill his wife

• Published date: 18 April 2024
• Publication title: Star, The (Johannesburg, South Africa)

The accused and his three accomplices were traced to a room at a property in Coffee Bay in the Eastern Cape

According to Reaction Unit SA’s Prem Balram, the man allegedly accused his wife of having an affair with an ex-boyfriend.

She claimed that at the weekend, he robbed her of jewellery and a white GWM vehicle. She also alleged he and two men strangled her, loaded her into a car, and drove off. Balram said the woman claimed the men planned to dump her body in a sugar cane field, but she regained consciousness.

“The woman woke up on the seat of a silver Toyota Etios while a man was attempting to dump her body in a sugar cane field. She sustained serious injuries,” Balram...