KZN man in court for killing his mother with an axe over roof dispute 28 April 2021 - 15:03 A KZN man appeared in court on Monday in connection with the murder of his mother. File photo. Image: 123RF/BELCHONOK
A KwaZulu-Natal man accused of murdering his mother with an axe after a dispute over their roof will make a bid for bail on May 5.
Police spokesperson Col Thembeka Mbele said 28-year-old Loyiso Ngcobo appeared in Maphumulo magistrate’s court, in the north of the province, on Monday for allegedly killing his mother Thokozile, 62, last week.
“He has been remanded in police custody until May 5, where he will be appearing in Nsuze magistrate’s court for a bail application,” said Mbele.
Nsuze mother hacked to death following dispute with son
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DURBAN – POLICE in KwaZulu-Natal have arrested a 28-year-old man after he allegedly hacked his mother to death following a dispute at their family home in Bhamshela in Nsuze.
Twenty-eight-year-old Loyiso Ngcobo is believed to have hacked his mother after the two argued over him wanting to sell pieces of their roof. According to a preliminary investigation, it is alleged that the suspect was dismantling the roof of the house, with the intention to sell the corrugated iron, the mother did not approve of such deed, and an altercation ensued.
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Loyiso Ngcobo got into an argument with his mother about selling corrugated iron.
He then allegedly followed his mother into their home and struck her with an axe.
A KwaZulu-Natal man has been charged with murder after he allegedly struck his mother with an axe on the back of the head.
Murder suspect Loyiso Ngcobo, 28, appeared in the Maphumulo Magistrate s Court on Monday.
He was remanded in police custody until 5 May, when he will appear in the Nsuze Magistrate s Court for a bail application.
Ngcobo allegedly attacked his mother last Thursday, 22 April, in the Nomhele area, Bhamshela, in Nsuze.
A 28-year-old man suspected of murdering his own mother with an axe, reportedly over a petty dispute about her roof, appeared in a KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) court on Monday 26 April and remanded in custody.
Loyiso Ngcobo is accused of killing Thokozile Ngcobo after she caught her son attempting to steal materials from the roof of her house to sell. He allegedly used an axe to bludgeon the elderly woman to death before fleeing the scene.
Mother allegedly killed by son with axe
South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson Colonel Thembeka Mbele said in a statement on Wednesday 29 April that the despicable incident took place 22 April in the Nsuze area. The 62-year-old Ngcobo was found dead in her bedroom with an open wound on the head, understood to be the work of a sharp axe. A case of murder subsequently opened at the Nsuze police station for investigation.
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