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Girlfriend appears in court over fatal stabbing CHARLENE SOMDUTH Facebook AS FAMILY members of Yogan Moodley performed his last rites on Tuesday, his girlfriend, Alisha Balgobind, appeared in the Verulam Magistrate’s Court charged with his murder. On Saturday night, Moodley, 30, was stabbed with a kitchen knife on his left arm, the left side of his ribcage, his groin and buttocks at their rented outbuilding in Cardinal Road, Phoenix. He was taken to Life Mount Edgecombe Hospital for treatment but died on Sunday morning. Balgobind, 27, who is unemployed, was arrested on Sunday by Detective Warrant Officer Clement Chetty from Phoenix SAPS. She appeared before magistrate Rajesh Parshotam and is being represented by legal aid attorney Suhana Ramcharan. Balgobind was released on bail of R2 000. In terms of her…
Killed in her wheelchair Defenceless woman stabbed to death during home robbery CHARLENE SOMDUTH Supplied POOBALEN and Sukdey Ramataur were soulmates. They were married for 30 years and loved being together. Last Thursday, Poobalen watched helplessly as his wife bled to death in her wheelchair, after being stabbed during a home robbery. Sukdey, 85, whose leg had been amputated two years ago, had been stabbed in the head, neck and body. She died at the scene. Her relative, Ashley Sukram, said the couple and their domestic worker were at their home in Peacevale, Dundee, when two men armed with knives jumped over the fence into their yard. “They entered the home through the kitchen door at the back of the house,” said Sukram. “One of the suspects held Poobalen at…
Man accused of killing wife after decision to divorce NADIA KHAN A CHATSWORTH man, accused of killing his wife because he was allegedly unhappy with her decision to divorce him and move abroad, pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the Durban High Court this week. Navin Chanderlal, 54, who is unemployed, is accused of the murder of retired nurse and community activist Vathaniagee “Jennifer” Pillay, 65, on December 24, 2018. The mother of two was found lying beside the bath in their Silverglen home. According to the indictment presented by senior State advocate Krishen Shah, Pillay planned to move overseas and live with her children. Her son lives in the UK and her daughter in Australia. According to the indictment: “The accused was unhappy about this and decided to…
Court sanctions Rajbansi private hospital move JANINE MOODLEY AVINESHSING Rajbansi has been moved to a private health-care facility after an urgent application was made at the Durban Regional Court. The awaiting-trial prisoner is the eldest grandchild of Amichand Rajbansi, who started the Minority Front. Rajbansi, 30, was taken to King Edward VIII Hospital after he suffered seizures at Westville Prison. His family were allegedly notified last Monday, two weeks after his admission. At the time, Rajbansi was unable to speak or eat by himself and was dependent on oxygen. Last Tuesday, when the family tried to move him to a private facility, the authorities at Westville Prison demanded payment of just more than R145 000 for a private guard to be stationed outside his room. The family refused to comply…
Men appear in court over tender bribe POST REPORTER A DURBAN chief executive and a stock clerk, who allegedly tried to bribe a Johannesburg chicken farm employee in a bid to win a contract, were released on bail last week. Suman Panday, 42, the chief executive of Blakey Plastics in Durban, and his co-accused Madikana Gerald Mapokgola, 31, of Daybreak Farm in Centurion, were arrested two weeks ago. They were arrested at an upmarket restaurant at Emperors Palace in Kempton Park during a covert operation by the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation Unit in Pretoria. Hawks spokesperson Captain Ndivhuwo Mulamu said Panday and Mapokgola allegedly offered the Olifantsfontein chicken farm employee R60000 as well as a monthly allowance to influence the awarding of a contract to Blakey Plastics. The tender…
British man’s grisly death JANINE MOODLEY A GAUTENG woman has been charged with killing Jamnadas Harkant Nathvani, a British national, whose body was burnt beyond recognition. Zaheera Boomgaard was arrested on October 9, and she appeared in the Vereeniging Magistrate’s Court on October 12. She was remanded in custody following a formal bail application. It is alleged that Nathvani, 71, had arrived in Gauteng earlier this year and he was last seen on February 22 when he took a bus from Park Station in Johannesburg to Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal. Michael Venter, from SA Community Crime Watch, said Nathvani’s family in the UK had contacted him for help. They last had contact with Nathvani on March 6, when he messaged them. A missing person’s case was opened at the Newcastle police…
