A South African man accused of keeping his children chained in a hostel room for eight years has been remanded in police custody.<\/p>\n
The 50-year-old man appeared at a court in Alexandra, a township north of Johannesburg, on charges of child neglect.<\/p>\n
The siblings, aged nine, 14, 18 and 24, all showed visible signs of injuries to their ankles and wrists, police say.<\/p>\n
They were found after the 24-year-old, alleged to be mentally ill, escaped.<\/p>\n
Shocked<\/strong><\/p>\n The father reportedly said he locked them up for their own safety.<\/p>\n The police reportedly had to hold back angry residents who wanted to attack the 50-year old and his wife after they children were discovered in Nobuhle hostel.<\/p>\n Neighbours described the living conditions in the two-roomed house as “appalling” reports say.<\/p>\n Mfihleni Ndaonde, who had lived at the hostel for nine years, said she was shocked when the story broke.<\/p>\n “I live right next door to them but I never saw or heard the kids. I see Emmanuel leaving for work. He makes sure his room is always locked,” the Daily Sun newspaper quotes her as saying.<\/p>\n The man will appear in court on 6 June for a formal bail application.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Credit: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A South African man accused of keeping his children chained in a hostel room for eight years has been remanded in police custody. The 50-year-old man appeared at a court in Alexandra, a township north of Johannesburg, on charges of child neglect. The siblings, aged nine, 14, 18 and 24, all showed visible signs of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":22287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[38,14,7],"yoast_head":"\n