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Cengani Murder Suspect Arrested for Defeating the Ends of Justice

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PORT ELIZABETH – A second suspect was arrested yesterday afternoon, 09 February 2020 in connection with the murder of Christopher Cengani. During the investigation, it was established that the 27 year old male was in the shack with suspect at the time the woman went to investigate the reason the child was crying. The 3 year old girl was Cengani’s daughter. At the time of the commotion Cengani was in the main house.

The investigating officer D/W/O Marrilyn Jungli retrieved the murder weapon at the suspect’s house in NU 9 in Motherwell.

He is detained on a charge of defeating the ends of justice.

Both suspects will appear in the Motherwell magistrates’ court soon on their respective charges.

This after a Motherwell detective hunted down and arrested a suspect at dawn on 9 February 2021 for the alleged murder of a man at a house in Twebane Street in NU 9 during the night of 8 February 2021.

It is alleged that at about 19:00, a group of neighbours were sitting in the house when they heard a baby crying in the shack at the back of the house. A female went to investigate and as she neared the door, she heard the couple inside the shack arguing. When she opened the door, the 23-year-old female lunged at her with a knife. The woman’s screams alerted the others inside the house. When Christopher Cengani (45) ran from the main house, the enraged female also lunged at him with the knife. He was stabbed several times. The suspect ran away.

The injured Cengani was rushed to hospital by private transport. He died during the early hours of this morning. Since the attack, the investigating officer hunted down the suspect. She was arrested at 06:00, this morning, hiding at a house further down the street.

She is detained on a charge of murder and will appear in the Motherwell Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 10 February 2021.

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