Man arrested for murder of 100-year-old in South Africa

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Mar 3, 2007, 12:23 GMT

Johannesburg- A man was arrested on Saturday morning wearing the shoes of an 100-year-old man murdered near Richmond in KwaZulu- Natal, in the south-east of the country, SAPA news agency reported. A police spokesman said the 25-year-old was arrested wearing the shoes of the dead man, Herbert James Downs. Downs was found dead on Friday by his maid and was believed to have been murdered during a burglary at his home on Thursday evening. His television set and a few items of clothing, including his shoes, were taken during the break-in. The policeman spokesman said that the suspect had been seriously injured, allegedly during another burglary in the Richmond area, by his intended victim. Downs' television set and some of his clothes were found in the Bhongoloza informal settlement, outside Richmond, where the suspect lived. The man is expected to appear in the Richmond magistrate's court on Monday. Downs, who was well-known in the local community and turned 100 last year, had chosen to live alone following his wife's death four years ago. © 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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