{"id":102113,"date":"2015-10-14T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T07:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/102113\/man-arrested-for-murder\/"},"modified":"2015-10-14T09:37:46","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T07:37:46","slug":"man-arrested-for-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/10\/14\/man-arrested-for-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested for murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 32-year-old Marathon informal settlement man was arrested recently for a murder which happened in August.<\/p>\n<p>The murder took place on August 7 at a local tavern.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt is alleged that the deceased was with the accused at a tavern when an argument started between the two,\u201d said Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the argument, the victim was stabbed with a sharp object.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>He was taken to the Bertha Gxowa Hospital, where he later died.<\/p>\n<p>After following several leads, detectives from the Primrose Police Station were able to track down the accused.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested and has since appeared in the Germiston Magistrates Court where his case was postponed for plea and trial.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You may also be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/84848\/lawnmower-thief-nabbed-by-police\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lawnmower thief nabbed by police<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/82300\/officers-face-jail-time\/\" target=\"_blank\">Officers face jail time<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='e88d5f65f9d101c9ae2b996c8c3c044d'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alleged murderer arrested in Marathon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":102114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[1041,8297,989,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730,999,1000,1480,997,998],"class_list":["post-102113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-arrests","tag-community-2","tag-crime","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson","tag-police","tag-primrose","tag-primrose-police","tag-primrose-saps","tag-saps"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["arrests","community","crime","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson","police","primrose","Primrose police","Primrose SAPS","SAPS"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}