Port Alfred detectives have arrested a man they say is the prime suspect in a double murder in Knysna two weeks ago.
Lieutenant Luvuyo Mjekula says the 36-year-old man was arrested in Hamburg in the Peddie Area after a nine day investigation by several detectives from Port Alfred.
He says the man is the prime suspect in the murder of the two British nationals, Brian and Christine Ann Davis, aged 60 and 65, who were attacked in their home in Lindsay Street on the 1st of August.
The woman was found with her throat slit in the living room of her house.
Her husband was found in a pool of blood in the garage with serious head injuries.
He died later in hospital.
A woman arrested earlier for allegedly being in possession of suspected stolen property is said to be the suspect's wife.
Mjekula says the investigating team led by Lt-Col Ncamisa Donkrag had received high praise from police top brass.
Lt-Col Donkrag said they found the suspect at about 15:40 on Friday in a shack watching TV with a girlfriend. They also recovered the deceased's cellphone and the couple's vehicle's keys.
The suspect is currently in custody in Port Alfred and will appear in the Knysna Magistrate's Court on Monday on charges of house robbery, murder and theft of a motor vehicle.
"We wanted to avoid that he commits further crimes in the Eastern Cape," said Lt-Col Donkrag. "He was already making threats to shoot me and kidnap my children, he showed no remorse and was not scared to tell everyone about the incident."
