Pretoria - The family of 20-year-old Chantelle Ash and her 8-month-old baby Tasneem have called for the man accused of murdering the pair to be denied bail.

Speaking from her Pretoria West home, Chantelle’s mother Annie Ash said they wanted the accused to remain behind bars.

On January 14, the decomposing bodies of Chantelle and daughter were found.

According to the mother, Chantelle’s hands were bound behind her back and her body swollen and almost unrecognisable.

“I could not recognise my baby… she was so swollen and bruised; it was a horrible thing to see.”

According to her, the mother and daughter arrived at a lodge in Mokopane at about 7pm on January 12 with her husband, a Bangladeshi national, and the father of the baby.

“The accommodation had been booked for a night only, with the check-out time the next day.

“When cleaners opened the room on January 14, they found the bodies of Chantelle and Tasneem.”

A countrywide manhunt was launched for the alleged perpetrator of the murders, who was nabbed in Joburg.
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