SA Police Re-Arrest 'fake doctor' on the Run

South African police say they have re-arrested an escaped suspect, Kingsley Leeto Chele, who is accused of impersonating a doctor.

As we reported earlier, the police had said they had launched a manhunt for the suspect who escaped from custody last week. They described him as a "Facebook con artist” who targeted women.

They now say he was re-arrested in the early hours of Monday in Vosloorus, near Johannesburg, following a tip-off from a media house.

“[The] police in Gauteng appreciates the role played by the media in particular and the community in general in the fight against crime,” a police statement said.

The suspect, whose country of birth the police have not yet confirmed, is due to appear before a court in Pretoria on Tuesday, as had been scheduled before his escape.

A charge of escaping custody has been added to the charges that he was already facing.

He had been accused of two cases of fraud - he is alleged to have told health professionals on Facebook that he was seeking investors, before swindling them.

Chele has not yet commented on the accusations.

Article and image originally from BBC News