Bees credit card suspect due in court

2010-09-06 09:08

Pretoria - A man was set appear in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Monday morning in connection with the theft of Blue Bulls player Bees Roux's credit card, police said.

"He was arrested at 17:45 on Friday evening," said Brigadier Mahlomola Manganye, of the Sunnyside police station in Pretoria, Gauteng.

"It is not in connection with the murder, but in connection with the credit card. He is the one accused of using the credit card," Manganye told Sapa.

"He is expected to appear in court this morning [Monday]."

Manganye would not give any details on how the man was tracked down, saying: "We followed up some leads... [but] we are still investigating."

Roux appeared in the Pretoria District Court last Monday and was granted R100 000 bail after he allegedly beat Tshwane metro policeman Ntshimane Johannes Mogale to death on Friday, August 27.

During his first court appearance, it emerged that Roux's credit card was used at a McDonald's fast food outlet when he was apparently in custody.

Mogale's body was found in Schoeman Street, Pretoria, with head injuries at 03:00 on Friday. He had reportedly earlier pulled Roux over for suspected drunk driving.

- SAPA