'IT WASN'T ME', SNATCHER CLAIMS MOM GAVE BABY TO HER

Shocking details unfold in court regarding her alleged actions and the ongoing investigation

- GENEVIEVE SERRA

THE woman accused of kidnapping 9-day-old Mogamat Imaad Sharmar claims she did not abduct the infant or poison anyone, saying the baby was given to her by his mother, whom she had showered with money and takkies.

The shocking claim was revealed by Sergeant Dawid Fortuin of the Serious and Violent Crimes Kidnapping Unit, who took the witness stand yesterday in the Bellville Magistrate's Court where Sameemah Jacobs, 37, made her second appearance for her bail application.

Fortuin had the court hanging on his every word when he said hospital records suggested that Jacobs had an ectopic pregnancy in January 2024 and a miscarriage in May 2025.

Fortuin dropped another bombshell when he informed the court that they were busy with a second inquiry of a pregnant 15-year-old girl, who claimed she had also been visited by a woman from the "Zoey Project" — an organisation Jacobs is alleged to have claimed to work for when baby Imaad was taken.

Imaad was kidnapped on June 28 from his mother, Imaan Sharmar (also known as Britney Brandt) at Middestad mall in Bellville, when Sharmar thought she was attending a workshop for single mothers with the Zoey Project.

State prosecutor, Salaahuddeen Simon, confirmed that Jacobs was facing charges of kidnapping and defeating the ends of administrative justice.