Media Statement
South African Police Service
Office of the Provincial Commissioner of Eastern Cape

A 26-year-old Pearston man will appear in the Somerset East Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, 4 January 2023 for the alleged murder of a 20-year-old man during the early hours of this morning, 1 January 2023.

It is alleged that at about 03:30, the lifeless body of the victim was found lying in Steenbokkie Street, Nelsig (Pearston) with a stab wound in the upper body.

A team of detectives followed up some leads, and few hours later the suspect was nabbed for murder.

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