The man accused of kidnapping a Durban North toddler at a shop earlier this month has been granted bail.
Ntandoyenkosi Bulose appeared in court yesterday where he was
granted R2000 bail.
It was Bulose’s second court appearance.
He made headlines last week after he was accused of taking a toddler out of a trolley at uMhlanga’s Crescent Shopping Centre.
A video of the incident went viral.
At the time, SAPS spokesperson Brigadier Jay Naicker said the boy had been out with his grandmother when he was snatched from the trolley.
“The man was dressed in a security guard’s uniform. When the woman realised that the child had been taken, she rushed to alert mall security. She spotted the man walking into a shop,” he said.
RELEASE: R2000 paid
Naicker said the woman grabbed the child from the man’s arms and told mall management what had happened.
“Police officers from the Durban North police station arrived at the scene and viewed the CCTV footage at the mall. The suspect was immediately identified as a security guard who was on duty at the mall and he was arrested,” Naicker said.
As part of his bail conditions, Bulose is not allowed back at the shopping centre and can’t speak to any witnesses, reports the Mercury.
He has also been suspended from work and will have to report to the Ntuzuma Police Station once a week.
Cops have warned parents to be extra vigilant during the festive season.