A Clare Estate man accused of stabbing his mother to death will spend a week behind bars pending his bail application.
|||Durban - A Clare Estate man accused of stabbing his mother to death will spend a week behind bars pending his bail application.
Sumeet Ruggaran, 23, is alleged to have stabbed Premie Devi Ruggaran, 62, eight times, in a bout of rage.
It is alleged he walked into the kitchen of the Membry Road home and stabbed his mother in the back.
When police, alerted by neighbours who heard noises coming from the house, arrived at the scene, they allegedly found Ruggaran standing over the body with a knife in his hand and a cigarette in his mouth.
Ruggaran, who has been charged with murder, briefly appeared in the Durban Magistrate’s Court yesterday. His bail hearing is set for next week when it will be recommended he be sent for mental observation. The State is still awaiting the post-mortem report.
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