'JAYDEN-LEE WAS IN THE COMPLEX'

EXPLOSIVE testimony rocked the Roodepoort Magistrates Court yesterday in the case of slain schoolboy Jayden-Lee Meek.

The 11-year-old boy’s mother Tiffany Meek was back in court for her bail hearing after being charged with his murder, crimen injuria, attempting to defeat or obstruct the course of justice, and defeating or obstructing the administration of justice.

The court heard the Fleurhof mom reported the boy missing at 7.30pm on 13 May 2025. He was expected to be back at his Swazi Place Complex home at 3.30pm.

The investigating officer said Meek told police she was working from home and when she realised her son was not home, she contacted her mother to call the scholar transport as she did not have airtime.

Once her statement was taken, Meek and police went to the scholar transport driver’s home to question him on the child’s whereabouts. The driver said he had dropped Jayden-Lee as cops searched his house.

The investigating officer then claimed that the dayshift security guard at the complex said that he let Jayden-Lee in during the afternoon, and told the court: “The security guard was asked if he saw the child and he said yes.”

The cop said that Meek interrupted him, stating the guard was lying, and added: “The security guard insisted he saw him as he was the one who opened for him with the remote control.”

The police sergeant also revealed explosive evidence that contradicted a previous statement made by Meek, who claimed she spent the night at her mother’s house in Florida until she was notified of her son’s body being discovered the next morning.

The statement of the nightshift security guard rubbished Meek’s claim, explaining that she left the complex that morning at around 5.30am.

Meek sat in the dock, shaking her head, as the statement was read out.

The guard also told police that shortly after, he was approached by a resident who informed him that Jayden-Lee was found lying on the floor, on the first floor, near the staircase.

The case continues.