Durban Woman Who Faked Her Kidnapping To Extort Money From Husband Granted Bail, SA Stunned: “Divorce Her”

Durban Woman Who Faked Her Kidnapping To Extort Money From Husband Granted Bail, SA Stunned: “Divorce Her”

  • A woman who faked her kidnapping and demanded ransom from her husband made an appearance in court
  • The Durban Magistrate's Court granted her bail, and the matter was postponed to allow the police to conduct further investigations
  • South Africans are concerned about the husband, and many suggested that he divorces her after her stunt

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A Durban woman who faked her kidnapping was granted bail
A woman in Durban was given bail after she faked her kidnapping. Image: Stock Photo and @SakhiNxumalo/Twitter
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DURBAN - The woman who staged her kidnapping to extort ransom money from her husband appeared in the Magistrate's Court in Durban.

The court granted the 47-year-old R3 000 bail on Wednesday after she was charged with perjury, reported TimeLIVE.

Durban woman fakes her kidnapping in Phoenix

Firoza Bee Bee Joseph's abduction was reported on Monday, 3, and the police were informed that she was taken at Clay Field Drive in Phoenix while she was heading home.

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The woman's husband got a call from his terrified wife claiming she was kidnapped. She pleaded with her husband to pay R2 million to her captors to ensure her safe release.

Police arrest Phoenix woman for faking her abduction

According to IOL, the police investigations determined that the woman was not kidnapped and orchestrated the hoax. She was arrested on Tuesday for defeating the ends of justice. See the pictures and a video of Joseph in court.

Ziziman Mdleleni said:

"Desperate circumstances require desperate measures."

Lehlohonolo Felix wrote:

"He needs to divorce her immediately."

Charity Kimmy mentioned:

"I will divorce him for going to the police, It shows he couldn't lose money over her."

Lwazi Linyana commented

"I think they are married out of community of property, the woman was doing a counterattack to balance the equation."

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"Just drop those charges and give your wife that money so that we can all have peace, man please."

Durban woman nabbed for faking own kidnapping and demanding ransom from husband, SA angry: “Serves her right”

In a related article, Briefly News reported that South Africans are fuming after a Durban woman staged her kidnapping and attempted to extort a ransom from her husband.

The 47-year-old woman from Phoenix was arrested by SAPS and charged with perjury.

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Hilary Sekgota (Deputy Human Interest HOD) Hilary Sekgota is the Head of Desk for Evening and Weekend content at Briefly News. She completed a BA in Communication Science from Unisa in 2018 and a Diploma in Journalism from Varsity College in 2010. She also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. Hilary joined the Briefly News team in 2022 and started her journalism career at Tshwane Sun. She has 12 years of experience covering current affairs and human interest topics. Email: hilary.sekgota@briefly.co.za