The Bloubergstrand couple accused of a long list of serious offences involving their two young daughters will stay behind bars after the court denied them bail - a move authorities say is necessary while investigators continue to piece together what they describe as a complex and deeply unsettling case.
The National Prosecuting Authority confirmed that the mother 47 and father 48 were arrested on 10 June earlier this year during a coordinated operation that brought together the Serial and Electronic Crime Investigations SECI Unit, US Homeland Security Investigations, the FBI, the South African Police Service, and the Department of Social Development.
Provincial police spokesperson Lt Col Amanda van Wyk said several devices were seized for forensic work.
