A MAN accused of murdering his girlfriend and leaving her body in a bathtub at a North West guesthouse now faces an additional charge of theft.

Olebogeng Molemi,26, appeared in the Zeerust Magistrate’s Court yesterday where an additional charge of theft was added to the murder charge.

Molema allegedly made off with I’d book and cellphone of his alleged victim, Pelotlhomogi Moremedi. He is accused of stabbing Moremedi in the neck and stomach at the Gatelo guesthouse in Zeerust in July.

He went missing for almost two months before police received a tip-off that he was in Rustenburg, North West.

Molema was remanded in custody and his bail application will be heard on October 19.

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