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The bail hearing of Tiffany Meek enters its fifth day as her legal counsel continues to cross-examine the investigating officer in the Roodepoort Magistrate's Court.
Meek, 31, from Fleurhof, is accused of killing her 11-year-old son Jayden-Lee Meek.
In addition to murder, she also faces charges of crimen injuria, attempting to defeat or obstruct the course of justice, and defeating or obstructing the administration of justice.
Meek was arrested on July 11, 2025, at her mother's home.
Her son was reported missing on May 13, 2025.
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Her defence lawyer, Noven Naidoo, started his cross-examination of the investigating officer on Wednesday.
Naidoo asked the policeman about Jayden's clothing during his cross-examination, citing that the teacher, Tiffany, and the day shift security guard gave conflicting statements of what Jayden had been wearing the day he disappeared.
'My client will state that she helped him get dressed that morning, and he was wearing grey long pants, a white shirt, a tie, and black takkies on the day,' Naidoo submitted.
The police sergeant said he could not really comment on what the child was wearing as those were given to police by people who had seen Jayden-Lee on the day.
The court was also given copies of the complex's occurrence book (OB) of May 13 and May 14.
Jayden-Lee Meek, 11, was returning home from school when he disappeared from inside his apartment complex.
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The copies before the court showed that an entry of Jayden-Lee's disappearance was only entered after 8pm, by the nightshift guard.
Naidoo directed the police sergeant's attention to missing entries in the book.
'The accused will state she went to the security guard (day shift), and an entry was made in the OB. She gave him her phone number. This was after 5 pm. She said she was going to walk to the shop, and if Jayden comes back, he must contact her telephonically,' Naidoo submitted.
'There is no record of this in the OB,' the investigating officer responded.
The court was also shown Jayden-Lee's black school bag the police sergeant previously testified about. He told the court the bag was taken in as evidence after he opened one of the books and saw school work done on the day Jayden-Lee disappeared. This prompted him to remove the school bag from Meek's flat and enter it into evidence.
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