39-YEAR-OLD MAN ARRESTED FOR VIOLATION OF A GRAVE.
Bethal: Police in Bethal arrested a man for violation of a grave at Rustfontein farm.
The arrest came after the police received a complaint from a concerned community member who was at the farm performing his duties about a man who was busy violating the grave after he dug up a grave deeper than six feet.
The man was found in the grave and police instructed him to come out and he managed to do so by using the stairway he created inside the grave.
The police found the remains exhumed from the violated grave next to the tombstone and the suspect informed the police that he removed the remains from the grave.
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Police then noticed that the violated grave had a tombstone which belonged to the late Henry Regionald Pattison and Basil Stuart Pattison.
The suspect was arrested and taken to Bethal Police cells for detention and charged accordingly. He will then appear at Bethal Magistrates Court Today, Friday 28 April 2023, facing a charge of violation of a grave.
Police urge anyone with any information on Crime to call the Crime Stop number at 08600 10111. Alternatively, members of the public can send information via MYSAPSAPP. All received information will be treated as confidential and callers may opt to remain anonymous.
