Police have arrested a 28-year-old woman for perjury, defeating the ends of justice and fraud after she reported a false hijacking and kidnapping case at Protea Glen police station, in Soweto, on Thursday.
It was an alleged prank gone wrong for Simphiwe Mtimande
who drew sympathy from social media users when she claimed on a Facebook post
that she was hijacked and kidnapped on Wednesday night.
Police spokesperson Capt Mavela Masondo said the woman was
arrested earlier on Thursday after her arrival at the police station.
Thousands of social media users were left angry after
finding out Mtimande had allegedly misrepresented facts. . This was after 15
hours of a social media search by friends, police ,media houses and relatives
it turned out that Mtimande was just demanding attention in what was a bad
prank.
Mtimande posted on her Facebook page that she was hijacked
and kidnapped on Wednesday evening.
She then later updated her status that the car had stopped
and the men who had kidnapped her were arguing on who will be having sex with
her.
As if that was not enough Mtimande went to insult the
police on her update and said they were useless in not assisting her.
Masondo said in her statement given under oath to the
police, Mtimande described how on Wednesday evening, 19 May 2021, her vehicle
was taken by unknown men in Mohlakeng, Randfontein. In the statement, she said
the men put her inside the boot and drove around with her for the better part
of the evening.
"A team under the leadership of West Rand District
Commissioner Major General Fred Kekana, comprising of senior detectives,
members of crime intelligence and other police response units, that worked
throughout the night to locate the "hijacked woman" swiftly
established discrepancies in the supposed victim's statement," said
Masondo. Sowetan
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