Durban – A new suspect on Monday appeared in the Durban Magistrates Court in connection with two high profile kidnapping cases in Durban.
Brandon Naidoo, 27, faces a charge of extortion for allegedly trying to defraud the families of Miguel Louw ad Sandra Munsamy following their disappearances.
The Durban Magistrates Court heard that Naidoo preyed on desperate families searching for their loved ones after they had been kidnapped.
The court heard that Naidoo would claim that he had the kidnapped person or information relating to their disappearance, and then he asked families to pay him a fee so he could help them.
He faces charges linked to the Louw kidnapping, but the State said it was looking into claims that he targeted Munsamy’s family as well.
Naidoo was hiding in Lenasia in Gauteng when he was found.
He will be held at the Westville Correctional Centre until he has to appear in court in July.
