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Sergeant Alexander said he was so traumatised when he discovered Europa's body in the water that he took off his raincoat to cover her up.

A man who was arrested as part of an international probe has pleaded guilty to the possession and distribution of child pornography.

A 37-year-old father from Port Elizabeth who went missing earlier this month and who was later found alive in Jeffreys Bay appeared in the Commercial Crimes Court in the city on Wednesday where he pleaded guilty to theft amounting to just over R1.4 million.

Kathleen Flanagan has been found alive but in critical condition at the bottom of Baakens Valley.

The Hawks in the Eastern Cape are appealing to the public for help in tracing the killers of a Mount Frere police officer who was gunned down on Monday.

Spokesperson Captain Gerda Swart says the 27-year-old Fernando Douglas was arrested at his home in Uitenhage on Monday evening after information was received.

Police in Port Elizabeth along with members of the community are searching for a local woman who was last seen on Tuesday afternoon.

A 35-year-old Port Elizabeth man has been sentenced to 25 years behind bars after admitting to killing a man to avenge the death of his father.

Eastern Cape police have re-arrested five of the eight trial-awaiting inmates who escaped in Mount Ayliff last week.