The suspect appeared in the Benoni Magistrate’s Court yesterday, after which he joined his alleged accomplices set for trial in the North Gauteng High Court from October 8 to 19, Brigadier Mathapelo Peters said.
“A year ago, Masilela was fatally shot during a hijacking in Tembisa. Police were able to establish that a total of six suspects were behind the murder.
“The initial four were arrested last year, while the fifth suspect died in a robbery.
“All the suspects had been positively linked to five cases” the murder of Masilela; three car hijackings, reported in Daveyton, Phokeng and Siyabuswa, and a case in Boitekong of possession of a stolen cellphone.”
Gauteng police commissioner Lieutenant-General Deliwe de Lange praised the intelligence-led multi-disciplinary police team, saying: “This successful arrest brought about by such meticulous investigation will go a long way in ensuring that serious and violent crimes plaguing Gauteng are reduced to their lowest level.”
