MEEK LAWYER TURNS SPOTLIGHT ON GUARDS

THE attorney for murder-accused Tiffany Meek tried to poke holes in the State’s case during the fourth day of bail application proceedings in the Roodepoort Magistrates Court. 

Meek, 31, from Fleurhof, is accused of killing her 11-year-old son, Jayden-Lee Meek.

n 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.

Tiffany was arrested on 11 July 2025 at her mother’s home.

Her son was reported missing on 13 May 2025, and his body was found a few hours later near his home.

Meek’s lawyer, Noven Naidoo, started his cross-examination of the investigating officer, Nceba Diko.

Naidoo asked Diko about Jayden’s clothing, citing that his teacher, Tiffany, and the security gave conflicting statements of what Jayden-Lee was wearing.

Diko said he could not really comment on the child’s clothes as those were testimonies by people who had seen him.

The court was also given copies of the complex’s occurrence book (OB) of 13 and 14 May.

The copies before the court showed that Jayden-Lee’s disappearance was only entered after 8pm, by the nightshift guard.

Naidoo then directed Diko’s attention to missing entries in the book.

He said: “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 5pm. She said she was going to walk to the shop, and if Jayden comes back, he must contact her telephonically.

“There is no record of this in the OB,” Diko responded.

Naidoo then grilled Diko about a “missing page” in the book and claimed that on the day that Jayden-Lee’s body was found, Meek and her family tried to take a photo of the OB but saw the missing page.

Diko admitted he had failed to certify the copies, stating the volume of work made him overlook this. The case continues.