16-year-old charged with murdering boy during Sophia robbery

Anthony Cort

A minor was yesterday charged and remanded over the murder of 10-year-old Anthony Cort, who was shot dead last week during a robbery in Sophia.

The 16-year-old accused was brought before Magistrate Alisha George at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court, where the charge was read to him.

It is alleged that on March 11, at Packet Corner, ‘C’ Field, Sophia, he murdered Cort in the course or furtherance of a robbery.