Baby Siwaphiwe's mother arrested for FAKE kidnapping

Not sure where to put this

http://news.sky.com/story/baby-girl-snatched-in-armed-car-jacking-in-durban-10797764

Three people 'arrested'......... INCLUDING the 'mother'!

FAKE 'abduction'?????

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/baby-siwaphiwes-mother-arrested-for-kidnapping-20170312

Baby Siwaphiwe's mother arrested for kidnapping
2017-03-12 09:09

Baby Siwaphiwe Mbambo (SAPS)

'Inconsistencies' in Baby Siwaphiwe kidnapping led to mom's arrest

Missing baby found alive after hijacking

Missing baby found alive after hijacking
R250 000 reward for return of hijacked baby
Desperate search for hijacked baby Siwaphiwe continues
Durban hijackers take off with one-month-old baby
Durban – The mother of baby Siwaphiwe Mbambo is one of three people arrested for the baby’s kidnapping, police have confirmed.

The one-month-old baby was found alive early on Sunday morning after being taken in a car hijacking at a Durban shopping centre on Friday.

She was in the back seat of a white Toyota Yaris which was stolen from her mother at gunpoint in Greyville, Durban on Friday morning.

A massive search was conducted for the missing baby, and a reward of R250 000 was offered for any information that would lead to her safe return.

On Sunday morning, police spokesperson Brigadier Sally de Beer confirmed that three people - the 34-year-old biological mother, another woman and a man - were arrested and being kept in custody.

The arrests were made in the early hours of Sunday morning.

http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2017/03/12/Mom-and-boyfriend-arrested-in-connection-with-BabySiwaphiwe-kidnapping

It's OFFICIAL: baby Siwaphiwe's mom is in police custody.

National SAPS spokeswoman Colonel Athlenda Mathe said: "It's unfortunate that one of the people arrested and in police custody is the mother of the baby herself. A more detailed press statement will be released."

A second senior officer with knowledge of the case confirmed that the mom's boyfriend has also been taken into custody. He was reportedly one of three people arrested when police swooped on a "suspicious vehicle" near the Mariannhill toll plaza on the N3 shortly after midnight on Sunday morning.

This smelled wrong from the start

I wonder if it was for money reasons?
Drug debt or maybe fund raising or whatever their equivalent was

Unfortunately the SA you describe sounds (to me at least) just like UK is becoming aquila.

Violent crime, car jacking, paedophilia rife plus internet porn etc. etc.

As for human rights in Uk, yeah if you can afford to go to court to hear your case - Tony Bennett springs to mind.

Quite a few people I know would love to burger off somewhere else and abandon UK altogether including several young people I know.

Please, please, please, Terri May SORT IT OUT.

'UPDATE'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-39252983

South Africa baby 'abduction': Mother and lover arrested
7 minutes ago
From the section Africa

The one-month-old baby girl who was in a car when it was stolen by thieves in Durban, SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Siwaphiwe Mbambo appeared to have been abducted when her mother's car was taken in Durban
The mother of the baby whose alleged abduction sparked a national manhunt in South Africa has been arrested.
One-month-old Siwaphiwe Mbambo was found alive and well around midnight on Saturday.
The mother had told police that she was taken during a car-jacking outside a shopping centre in the South African city of Durban on Friday.
But a police official has accused her of making the crime up, after the baby was found with her boyfriend.
The 34-year-old woman appeared at the Durban Magistrates court on Monday but her case was postponed to Wednesday because her lawyer was not present, and also to allow police to compile a full charge sheet,

BBC's Milton Nkosi in South Africa reports.

The court also ordered the police to obtain the DNA of the baby girl to determine who her father is.

The boyfriend, and a woman thought to be his other girlfriend, have also been arrested.
"This was a false case and cost us money and resources that could have been deployed in other places‚" said Maj Gen Bala Naidoo‚ KwaZulu-Natal deputy provincial commissioner for the detective service, according to The Herald newspaper.
The abduction sparked a huge media campaign and a search by 100 officers.
The mother had reported that two people stole her car, driving off with the baby.
Both she and her husband made impassioned pleas for their baby to be returned.
Many South Africans were moved by the case, and went on Twitter, using the hashtag #HelpFindDurbanBaby, to urge anyone with information to come forward.

Twitter user Ulrich van Vuuren writes: Image copyrightTWITTER
Twitter user Shahrina writes: Image copyrightTWITTER

However, further investigation by the police led to the mother's boyfriend.
Baby Siwaphiwe was found in his car, when he was driving with a woman who appeared to be a girlfriend at Mariannhill Toll Plaza.
Local media said the baby had been kept at his house in New Hanover.
Gen Bala Naidoo told The Mercury newspaper that the mother's hijacking report did not add up.
"At the time her explanation seemed out of sorts. It did not make sense to our seasoned bunch of detectives," he said.
Her abandoned Toyota Yaris was found in Montclair, southern Durban, on Friday afternoon.
The infant's baby seat had been removed from the car.
The white Toyota Yaris stolen in Durban, South Africa, 10 March 2017
The white Toyota Yaris was discovered abandoned
Police said the father was no longer speaking to the media.
The baby is currently being looked after by social services.
Acting National Police Commissioner Khomotso Phahlane said: "We commend our members for the arrest of the three people involved in the alleged kidnapping and hijacking of the baby.
"However, it is unfortunate that one of the people taken into police custody is the mother of the baby herself."
Car hijackings are common in South Africa, with many people installing tracking devices in their vehicles.
Last year, incidents in the country increased by 14.3% on the previous year, meaning that on average 40 cars were hijacked per day, according to the latest statistics.
-------------------------
'observations'

"This was a false case and cost us money and resources that could have been deployed in other places‚" said Maj Gen Bala Naidoo‚

The abduction sparked a huge media campaign and a search by 100 officers.
The mother had reported that two people stole her car, driving off with the baby.
Both she and her husband made impassioned pleas for their baby to be returned.

further investigation by the police led to the mother's boyfriend.

Gen Bala Naidoo told The Mercury newspaper that the mother's hijacking report did not add up.
"At the time her explanation seemed out of sorts. It did not make sense to our seasoned bunch of detectives,"   he said.

How 'seasoned' a detective, was 30 year, 'career' cop ex DCI Redwood?

How 'seasoned' a detective, is 28 year 'career' cop DCI Wall?

It does NOT 'make sense' that HE did NOT, she has NOT, 'advanced' OG, one iota, in almost SIX YEARS!