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The State is currently sifting through more than 77 000 photographs found on the phone of a primary school teacher from Mossel Bay accused of rape, sexual assault and exposing children to pornography. The 43-year-old Grade 7 teacher from Laerskool Park, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his children and alleged victims, appeared in court on Wednesday to apply for bail.

Asisipho Mbekela, dubbed the fake radiographer, will be spending her weekends in prison for the next 10 months after being sentenced to 2000 hours of periodical imprisonment on Wednesday.

The two men accused of the murder of a 60-year-old man from Kabega Park in Gqeberha have abandoned their bids for bail.

A Sergeant attached to the Kamesh police station in Kariega has been arrested and charged with the 2022 murder of Raul Damons. Thirty-one-year-old Damons was shot and killed at his house in Strelitzia Park in December that year.

A former Gqeberha attorney, who allegedly stole millions from a paralysed client, was re-arrested by the Hawks on Tuesday.

Police in Gqeberha are investigating the shooting of an 18-year-old learner in Schauderville.

The Gqeberha father charged with the creation, possession, and distribution of child pornography, will have to wait even longer to find out if certain evidence obtained by the FBI can be used against him in his trial.

Gqeberha police are mourning the loss of long-serving K9 officer, Mufasa, who was laid to rest on Tuesday. The SA Police Service said the courageous, nine-year-old Rottweiler passed away on Monday at the veterinary hospital in Walmer due to aggressive cancer.

Residents in the Kouga Municipality can breathe a sigh of relief as water tariffs will be lowered to provide financial relief. The decision to lower tariffs was approved at a special council meeting of the Kouga Municipality on Tuesday.