A woman who allegedly kidnapped a toddler from the Port Elizabeth beachfront earlier this month is expected to formally apply for bail on Wednesday in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court.
At her first appearance Megan Diedericks, 25, an alleged bush dwellers from Walmer, indicated to the court that she intended pleading not guilty to the charge of kidnapping.
It is alleged Diedericks had struck up a conversation with the three year olds grandmother, Lucinda Roberts, while at the Summerstrand beachfront. The pair then allegedly went to buy alcohol at a nearby liquor store.
Later in the day Diedericks allegedly went to buy cigarettes at a nearby shop with the child in tow.
When she returned to where she left Roberts the woman was nowhere to be found.
Diedericks took the child with her and was found two days later by police after a number of calls from the public placed her and the child in the Victoria Park Drive vicinity.
Diedericks was arrested after she could not hive a reasonable explanation as to why she did not contact authorities after she could not locate Roberts.
Diedericks’ bail application was previously postponed in order for her to point out where she lives in order to apply for bail.
A woman who allegedly kidnapped a toddler from the Port Elizabeth beachfront earlier this month is expected to formally bail for bail today in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court.
At her first appearance Megan Diedericks, 25, an alleged bush dwellers from Walmer, indicated to the court that she intended pleading not guilty to the charge of kidnapping.
It is alleged Diedericks had struck up a conversation with the three year olds grandmother, Lucinda Roberts, while at the Summerstrand beachfront. The pair then allegedly went to buy alcohol at a nearby liquor store.
Later in the day Diedericks allegedly went to buy cigarettes at a nearby shop with the child in tow.
When she returned to where she left Roberts the woman was nowhere to be found.
Diedericks took the child with her and was found two days later by police after a number of calls from the public placed her and the child in the Victoria Park Drive vicinity.
Diedericks was arrested after she could not hive a reasonable explanation as to why she did not contact authorities after she could not locate Roberts.
Diedericks’ bail application was previously postponed in order for her to point out where she lives in order to apply for bail.