PLOT TO SNATCH BABY REVEALED

IN DRAMATIC testimony in the Bellville Magistrates Court yesterday, a veteran cop painted a picture of how baby Mogamat Imaad Sharmar was targeted by accused baby snatcher Sameemah Jacobs and an accomplice.

Jacobs faces charges of kidnapping after 12-day-old Imaad was snatched from his mother Imaan Sharmar at a Bellville mall on 28 June. 

Sergeant Dawid Fortuin said the case started as far as February when Sameemah had befriended Imaad's mother, Imaan Sharmar at their local clinic and exchanged numbers. 

He said Sameemah had accompanied Sharmar to hospital on the date of delivery on 19 June

He detailed that in May, a woman who identified herself as "Chevon" had visited the mother's home and stated that she worked for the "Zoey Project" and that they helped single mothers.

A day prior to the kidnapping, Chevon contacted Sharmar and said she would receive R500 in cash and baby clothing on 28 June when they attended a workshop in Bellville.

The next day at 11am, Chevon arrived at her home with a white Suzuki and when she climbed into the vehicle she saw Sameemah sitting at the back.

He said: “On the way to Bellville the complainant drank Oros, which was given to her, and when she arrived at the mall she said she is feeling dizzy.

"She had to use the bathroom as she had vomited in a bin.

"She gave the baby bag and the bag to Chevon. Five minutes later when she came out, Chevon was gone with the baby."