Johannesburg-a police sergeant connected to the kidnapping of the 19-year-old Kamogolo Baukudi will appear before the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court for a hearing later this week.

Earlier in June the teenager was reportedly abducted by two men who pretended to be police officers.

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Forty -year -old before Nzima was arrested for the crime and appeared before the court, where his case was postponed until July 3.

His five co-fancier in the case was released on Monday due to a lack of evidence that connects them with the crime.

“The bail application of the accused in the kidnapping of Kamogolo Baukudi in Bloemfontein has been postponed until July 3 for further bail.

“The accused is taken in pre -trial detention. He is confronted with charges of kidnapping and extortion,” said Free State National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Mojalefa Senokoatsnae.