Husband & Accomplices Arrested For Attempting To Strangle Wife To Death: Coffee Bay - Eastern Cape

17 April 2024 | From Arrive Alive


Reaction Officers have travelled 560 kilometers and arrested three (3) suspects in Coffee Bay in the Eastern Cape that were wanted for the kidnapping & strangulation of a female in Amazimtoti - KZN. 

Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) was contacted by a 34 year old female on Sunday 14/04/2024 requesting urgent assistance. She informed Officers that her husband of three years had robbed her of jewels, a white GWM car & strangled her with the assistance of two men who loaded her limp body into a vehicle. According to the woman, her husband had accused her of having an affair with her ex-boyfriend. The woman woke up on the seat of silver Toyota Etios while a coloured male was attempting to dump her body in a sugar cane field. This incident occurred on 13/03/2024. She sustained serious injuries. 

A team of Reaction Officers recovered the victims car within 18 hours in rural Umzinto in Kwazulu Natal yesterday (Monday). The Officers then followed up on 129 tip-offs between Jozini in the KZN North Coast to Mtata in the Eastern Cape since Sunday night and tracked the womans husband Ramith Aneerudh (37), his accomplice Kyle Clayton (40) and a female Natasha Nell (42) to a home in Coffee Bay. They were hiding out at a one-room home on a mountain side. The Officers later recovered the silver Toyota Etios used to dump the victims body in rural Coffee  Bay. The vehicle was seized and Reaction Officers arrested Nell when they learnt that she had loaned her vehicle to transport the strangled wife & had been sending intimidating messages to the victim in an attempt to discourage her from pursuing the criminal case. 

Reaction Officers interviewed Clayton who is currently on parole for a double murder & several Armed Robberies. He informed Officers that he was forced to transport the body and was surprised when the victim came back to life. He added that she had jumped from the moving vehicle and he fled fearing arrest. 

Reaction Officers then interviewed Aneerudh who explained that he attempted to kill his wife as he could no longer maintain her expensive lifestyle. He added that his wife had insisted on staying at a five-star hotel almost weekly for two years at a cost of R300 000. During an argument, she threatened to dump him for a wealthier man if he could not support her lifestyle. He further explained that on the day of the incident he had checked out of the expensive five star hotel in Umhlanga - KZN after booking in for a month. He then decided to kill his wife. Aneerudh informed Officers that he had a rope in his pocket and intended committing suicide by hanging when he learned that RUSA Officers were searching for him. A fourth suspect is still at large. 

All suspects were detained at SAPS Coffee Bay.

Share This Page

Tell a friend icon Tell a Friend | Fax machine icon Print this Page

News Articles

20 May 2025 | From Arrive Alive
On Thursday 15 May 2025, the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) High Speed Unit Officers, arrested a male and female aged thirty-six(36) and fifty(50) for exceeding the speed limit of 80km/h in the Springs area. While performing law enforcement duties on Paul Kruger road, Officers set
20 May 2025 | From Arrive Alive
On Friday 16 May 2025 at 12:30, the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Community Liaison (CLU) Unit Officers, recovered vehicle parts in the Tembisa area. Following on information received about a scrapyard in Escaleni section, where a white Ford pick-up bakkie was carrying suspicious
20 May 2025 | From Arrive Alive
Long distance traveling learners of Mammutla Secondary School couldn't hide their excitement when they received 295 Shova Kalula bicycles from the Community Safety and Transport Management MEC Wessels Morweng. With the furthest distance of 10km to and from school on a daily basis, learners from
20 May 2025 | From Arrive Alive
The Northern Cape Operation Vala Umgodi MAJOC Roving Team, in support of the ZF Mgcawu District, executed several successful arrests during an integrated operation in the Postmasburg area on Monday, 19 May 2025. In collaboration with security teams from Beeshoek and Kolomela Mines, four suspects were
20 May 2025 | From Arrive Alive
The South African Police Service (SAPS) warns Facebook users of a FAKE FACEBOOK ACCOUNT UNDER THE NAME OF JEFF RALS LURING YOUNG WOMEN UNDER FALSE PRETENCES FOLLOWING A KIDNAPPING AND RAPE INCIDENT. On Monday, 19 May 2025, a fast thinking and vigilant member of the public acted quickly to alert police
20 May 2025 | From Arrive Alive
On Tuesday 20 May 2025 at 14:30, the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Germiston precinct Officers and the City of Ekurhuleni Rescue team from Wadeville fire station, responded to an accident in the Wadeville area. Officers responded to an accident at the intersection of Osborn and
20 May 2025 | From Arrive Alive
While conducting routine patrols and monitoring in the district, members of the Gauteng Traffic Wardens STT (WC), Gauteng Traffic Police, and the SAPS West Rand Flying Squad received information from Rentrak regarding a hijacked motor vehicle reported in Krugersdorp Keywest. Acting on the information,
20 May 2025 | From Arrive Alive
On Thursday 15 May 2025 at 07:30, the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Taxi Task Team in conjunction with Gauteng Traffic Police and the South African Police Service (SAPS), impounded twelve(12) minibus taxis for failing to meet the requirements of the National Road Traffic Act 93/1996
20 May 2025 | From Arrive Alive
A short while ago IPSS Medical Rescue received a call for assistance at an industrial site in Stanger for a worker that had fallen from a height. On arrival of paramedics it was established that the man had fallen approximately 15 meters and had sustained critical injuries. He was stabilised on

News Archive