UPDATE: Justice for Amantle | Accused faces Schedule 6 offence charge

* Editor’s note: This article is updated each time new information becomes available.

SOWETO – The 24-year-old Mozambican national charged with the rape and murder of 6-year-old Amantle Samane appeared in the Protea magistrate’s court.

The girl was found murdered inside the accused’s shack in Orlando East, on Monday.

READ: Soweto child murder suspect in court

Law enforcement arrested him on Wednesday night.

Scores of angry residents protested his release outside court.

• eNCA reporter Bafedile Moerane is following this story.