Murder suspect captured after a decade

Durban Flying Squad‚ Inanda Crime Intelligence and Sydenham police arrested a man wanted for murder‚ rape and assault who had been on the run for ten years‚ police said on Thursday.

“In the early hours of Wednesday‚ police stormed into a shack in Kennedy Road at Sydenham‚ armed with three warrants of arrest‚ searching for Lungelo Lennox Jama (39).

“Jama has been on the wanted suspects list from 2005. He was wanted for murder‚ rape and assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm that he allegedly committed in Duncan Village in the Eastern Cape‚” Major Thulani Zwane said.

Jama had fled his place of residence in 2005 to hide in the cluttered shacks in Kennedy Road.

“He was caught by surprise in the early hours of yesterday when police pounced and apprehended him. He was detained in Sydenham police station and will be transported to Duncan Village to face the consequences for his actions.”

KwaZulu-Natal provincial commissioner Lieutenant General Mmamonnye Ngobeni said: “As the saying goes‚ crime does not pay. Let this be the lesson to others that‚ no matter how long ago the crime was committed‚ we will make sure that the perpetrator is captured and kept behind bars.”