Butterworth police have arrested a 49-year-old woman for allegedly murdering her 35-year-old boyfriend, Eastern Cape police said on Saturday.
“The allegation is that the couple had just arrived at their shack at Skiet informal settlement, Butterworth, on Friday 15 April 2016 at about [10pm]. It is not clear where they were coming from at the time,” Captain Jackson Manatha said.
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The boyfriend allegedly demanded food from his girlfriend. When she said that “she did not cook”, a quarrel broke out between the two. During the quarrel, the woman allegedly drew her knife and stabbed the boyfriend in his upper body. The man died on the scene.
“Butterworth police were informed of the murder. As police were rushing to the scene of [the] murder, they were informed that the suspect had handed herself to the police as she went to Butterworth police station to report herself.”
The woman was charged with murder and would appear before the Butterworth Magistrate’s Court on Monday, Manatha said.
