{"id":141205,"date":"2017-01-16T07:21:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T05:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/141205\/man-allegedly-lies-about-hijacking\/"},"modified":"2017-01-16T09:48:21","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T07:48:21","slug":"man-allegedly-lies-about-hijacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/01\/16\/man-allegedly-lies-about-hijacking\/","title":{"rendered":"Man allegedly lies about hijacking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Officers from the Katlehong South Police Station recently arrested a 28-year-old man for perjury after they discovered he had lied about a hijacking.<\/p>\n

It is alleged that the accused reported that he had been hijacked and his car stolen after he agreed to take the vehicle to a local mechanic after an accident.<\/p>

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He told the police that the mechanic had been suggested to him by the driver involved in the accident.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe claimed that when he arrived the other driver and a group of men held him at gunpoint and took the vehicle,\u201d said Capt Mega Ndobe, of the Ekurhuleni West Cluster.<\/p>

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\u201cDuring the investigation that followed officers discovered that the hijacking had never happened and that the man had given a false statement when opening the case.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was arrested and is being held at the Katlehong South Police Station pending his appearance in the Palm Ridge Magistrate\u2019s Court.<\/p>\n

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