{"id":34972,"date":"2025-11-20T18:08:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T16:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/?p=34972"},"modified":"2025-11-20T21:00:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T19:00:38","slug":"tiffany-meek-now-faces-five-charges-as-npa-prepares-for-pre-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/2025\/11\/20\/tiffany-meek-now-faces-five-charges-as-npa-prepares-for-pre-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiffany Meek now faces five charges as NPA prepares for pre-trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34975 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-20-at-12.30.21-770x645.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-20-at-12.30.21-770x645.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-20-at-12.30.21-768x644.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-20-at-12.30.21.jpeg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Murder-accused mother, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/2025\/07\/23\/tiffany-meeks-bail-battle-questions-contradictions-and-a-mothers-plea\/\">Tiffany Meek<\/a>, now faces five charges, after prosecutors added a fresh count of child abuse and neglect linked to the death of her 11-year-old son, Jayden-Lee Meek.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old appeared at the Johannesburg High Court on Thursday, where she again maintained her innocence. She is due back on 3 December for her pre-trial hearing.<\/p>\n<p>She became visibly emotional as state prosecutor, Carla Britz, added the new charge to her case.<\/p>\n<p>Jayden-Lee was reported missing on 13 May after failing to return home from school. His lifeless, partially clothed body was found the next day near a staircase inside the Fleurhof complex, just metres from his home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/2025\/11\/05\/murder-accused-mother-tiffany-meek-says-she-fears-for-her-life-in-prison\/\">Meek<\/a> was arrested on 11 July following extensive investigations and has remained behind bars after being denied bail.<\/p>\n<p>The National Prosecuting Authority says it is ready for trial, with only its Section 220 admissions still to be completed.<\/p>\n<p>NPA spokesperson, Phindi Mjonondwane, says the state is fully prepared for the pre-trial.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have disclosed the contents of the docket to the defence team. So as a state, we are ready to proceed to the pre-trial stage. However, what is outstanding is for us to complete our section 220 admissions, provide them to the defence so that they can also have a look and thereafter decide what is it that they will do,&#8221; Mjonondwane added. &#8220;So basically, on the next occasion, we would have handed our section 220 applications to the defence so that we can then do the pre-trial hearing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A Section 220 admission is a formal agreement in which an accused accepts certain facts as true, allowing the court to treat them as proven without further evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Meek will remain in custody until her next court appearance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Written by: Lebohang Ndashe<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Murder-accused mother, Tiffany Meek, now faces five charges, after prosecutors added a fresh count of child abuse and neglect linked to the death of her 11-year-old son, Jayden-Lee Meek. The 31-year-old appeared at the Johannesburg High Court on Thursday, where she again maintained her innocence. 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