Abseil search for body
Police from four Eastern Cape towns arrived in Lusikisiki yesterday to abseil down a 300m cliff to search for the body of a 47-year-old man who was allegedly strangled by his sister and her two sons. The three suspects - a 43-year-old woman and her sons, aged 19 and 16 - were arrested over the weekend and charged with murder after they reportedly confessed to plotting to kill the man.The victim, who had spent most of his life in Gauteng, recently returned to his late parents' homestead and tried to kick his sister out, claiming he was the legitimate head of the house. She refused and he took the matter to the tribal court which ruled in his favour.According to the local headman, the man's sister and her two sons plotted to kill him, and early this month they allegedly tied his hands and strangled him, dumping his body at Magwa Falls on the Wild Coast...
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