‘Shoot or be shot’
Web Link – https://www.dailyvoice.co.za/news/shoot-or-be-shot-17391216 The defence lawyer for underworld kingpin Colin Booysen plans to use the State’s own witness against them to free his client. Booysen’s bodyguard shot the man who allegedly told his manskappe “kom ons ‘up’ hulle”, the Bellville Magistrate’s Court heard on Friday.
Cops return guns seized outside Cape Town strip club to security companies
Web Link: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/cops-return-guns-seized-outside-cape-town-strip-club-to-security-companies-20170505 Cape Town – “Firearms seized by police from a group of men who had gathered outside a city strip club, in activities which appeared to be related to the underworld, were on Friday returned to them after they approached a court to get the weapons back.”
Treason charges deferred – students’ lawyer
Web Link: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Treason-charges-deferred-students-lawyer-20151022 Johannesburg – “Six students arrested outside Parliament in Cape Town during an anti-university fees protest would have possible treason charges deferred while the matter was investigated, their lawyer said on Thursday.” Interview with eNCA: https://youtu.be/-E1QhCzW1Wo
Staggie’s son back out on the streets
Web Link: http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/staggies-son-back-out-on-the-streets-1914995 Cape Town – “The son of Hard Livings gang kingpin Rashid Staggie has two reasons to celebrate this weekend – being acquitted of charges in the Priority Crimes Court in Khayelitsha on Monday, and being released on bail in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
Saak voorlopig teruggetrek
Web Link: http://www.netwerk24.com/Nuus/Saak-voorlopig-teruggetrek-20140426 Kaapstad – “’n Voormalige Protea-krieketspeler is in die sop nadat hy na bewering onder die invloed van drank bestuur het. Monde Zondeki (32) is in Junie verlede jaar in Goodwood vasgetrek. Hy was na bewering op pad terug van die lughawe na sy huis in Bothasig toe hy by ‘n padblokkade voorgekeer […]
Cape cops face ‘torture’ probe
Web Link: http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/cape-cops-face-torture-probe-1407787 Cape Town – “Members of the Steenberg police are being investigated for a string of damning allegations, including officers using baseball bats and hockey sticks to beat suspects – some of whom have claimed they had been stripped naked and smothered with plastic bags over their faces.”
