Heartache and hope: Sergeant Chetty and Ghostâs mission not for the fainthearted
By Mervyn Naidoo
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Durban - As a seasoned search and rescue operative, Sergeant Devendran (Collin) Chetty and his canine partner, âGhostâ, have grown accustomed to searching for missing people.
But when Chetty and Ghost stumbled upon nine-year-old Miguel Louwâs corpse on September 3, 2018, the find hit home hard.
Until the discovery, Chetty, like many others, was aware of Louwâs disappearance on July 17, 2018 and clung to the hope of a fairytale ending for the boy and his family.
Instead, he and Ghost found the Sydenham youngster lying lifeless on his back with his jacket and shirt pulled over his face, in a bushy area off Longbury Drive, Phoenix, north of Durban.
Thank you Lord! You are the greatest, said Arlene Omardeen inside the Durban High Court moments after Mohammed Vahed Ebrahim, 46, walked down to the cells to begin his 25 year sentence for the murder and kidnapping of her grandson Miguel Louw,9. Picture:Zanele Zulu/African News Agency (ANA)
Miguel Louwâs mother ironed his uniform, made him lunch like he was still around
By Zainul Dawood
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DURBAN - âTHANK you Lord! You are the greatest,â said Arlene Omardeen inside the Durban High Court, on Wednesday, seconds after Mohammed Vahed Ebrahim, 46, walked down to the cells to begin his 25-year sentence for the premeditated murder and kidnapping of her grandson, Miguel Louw.
Miguel Louwâs killer to be sentenced, State calls for life
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Durban â Durban High Court Judge Jacqueline Henriques is on Wednesday expected to hand down her sentence to the man convicted of killing Miguel Louw.
Mohammed Vahed Ebrahim, 46, has been found guilty of the premeditated murder of Miguel.
In July 2018, Miguel was reported missing. He was last seen at an eatery near his Sydenham home with Ebrahim.
Three months later, his decomposed body was found in vacant land near Ebrahimâs home in Phoenix.
In December Ebrahim was convicted of murder, kidnapping and theft.
During the trial, it emerged that Ebrahim had worked with Miguelâs mother Raylene at a butchery. He sometimes stayed at her home and performed odd jobs in their home in Sydenham.