WESTERN CAPE. – The 14-year-old boy who was detained in connection with the death of 10-year-old Octavia Swarts has been released after the case was not placed on the court roll.
Sergeant Wesley Twigg, police spokesperson, told Nuusflits that the case was not placed on the court roll due to instructions from the national prosecution authority. According to Twigg, the boy has been released into the care of his parents in the interests of justice.
Octavia's body was found on Monday morning, 14 September, in a dam at Tomato Farm on the Joostenberg Flats. She was a grade four learner at Joostenberg Primary School. The 14-year-old was initially detained on a charge of murder. The circumstances of Octavia's death remain under investigation.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
