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01-06-2009, 03:35 PM #3551
Farm attack 'gang' caught
Three men suspected of having held up three women and a man on a Dargle farm have been arrested in Sandton, Gauteng, and police now believe they are part of a large gang operating nationally.
Police spokesman Senior Superintendent Henry Budhram said the men were found in possession of a shotgun stolen from Freeland farm, as well as three other guns and other items.
On Wednesday, December 10, Linzi-Anne Smith (62) was at home at Freeland farm when three armed men entered the house through an unlocked door, and confronted her, demanding the keys to the safe. Shortly afterwards, two friends came to visit her and were also detained by the robbers. Two hours later, her husband, Robert Smith (65), arrived at the house. The house was subsequently ransacked.
“The gunmen assaulted Linzi-Anne Smith with the firearm on her head before tying up all the victims’ hands and feet with cable ties. The suspects then fled in a vehicle belonging to one of the friends — a gold colour Toyota Corolla,” said Budhram.
The vehicle was found abandoned the same afternoon in the Nottingham Road area. Jewellery, cellular phones and an undisclosed amount of money were also taken by the suspects.
Budhram said the three accused appeared in the Howick Magistrate’s Court yesterday and have been remanded in custody.
“Thus far, investigations have established that the arrested men are part of a larger gang operating nationally, and the possibility of them wanted on other cases cannot be ruled out.”
Spokesman for the KwaZulu- Natal Agricultural Union’s security desk, Koos Marias, praised the Howick detective branch after hearing about the arrests and said the union believes that police go the extra mile when investigating farm attacks.
“We believe the government needs to do more to protect people in rural areas and trust the courts will impose a fitting sentence.”
01-07-2009, 01:18 AM #3552
Marathon-atleet werk weer ná mesaanval
Port Elizabeth. – Ná weke se mediese behandeling en terapie is mev. Theresa Matthysen (41) weer terug by die werk.
Matthysen, ’n marathon-atleet van Despatch, het Maandag weer begin werk nadat sy in November tydens die jaarlikse Algoabus Baai-tot-Baai-uitdaging aangeval is.
Twee onbekende mans het haar langs die Walmer-township in die Baai drie keer in die rug gesteek.
In dié wedloop tussen Jeffreysbaai en Port Elizabeth het atlete, individueel en in aflosspanne, onderskeidelik oor 50 km en 100 km teen die bekende toeristebus Lady Elizabeth meegeding.
Matthysen is ook van haar skoene en horlosie beroof.
Die steekwonde het genees, maar Matthysen leef steeds met die nagevolge van die ernstige besering wat sy aan haar linkerbeen opgedoen het toe sy geval het.
“Die been is steeds aan die genees, maar dit gaan stukke beter met my.
“Ek gaan gereeld vir fisioterapie-behandeling,” het sy gister gesê.
“Die dokters het gesê dat ek weer oor ’n jaar aan wedlope sal kan deelneem, maar ek is nie seker of ek so lank sal kan wag nie,” het sy bygevoeg.
Niemand is nog in verband met die aanval op Matthysen in hegtenis geneem nie.
01-07-2009, 01:20 AM #3553
01-07-2009, 08:14 AM #3554
Naked body of woman found in Knysna
THE naked body of a 28-year- old woman was found hidden in bushes near a viewpoint on Knysna‘s historic and upmarket Eastern Head yesterday afternoon.
The cause of death was not immediately apparent last night but police suspected a crime and a murder docket had been opened, said spokesman Captain Malcolm Pojie.
“The woman was last seen alive at her workplace at a Knysna insurance broker on Monday afternoon. A search was launched soon after the woman‘s mother reported her missing at noon on Tuesday (yesterday),” Pojie said.
The woman‘s body was discovered next to a footpath about 30 metres from the Coney Glen viewpoint at about 4pm after her car was found standing in the viewpoint parking lot.
The woman lived in Ouplaas in Knysna‘s eastern suburbs. Her name was being withheld until all her next of kin had been informed.
The body was examined by a pathologist at the crime scene yesterday afternoon, but police were unable to confirm whether or not the woman had been sexually assaulted.
Pojie said a post-mortem would be performed. Anyone with information about her death should contact Captain Max Mangali of the Knysna police on 083-4917093 or Crime Stop on 08600-10111.
In 2005, Knysna was rocked by the discovery of sex killer Heinrich van Rooyen‘s two victims. He was sentenced to life imprisonment last year.
The Knysna Heads are two large headlands separated by the channel between the lagoon and the open sea.
01-07-2009, 04:26 PM #3555
Pa van vyf in koma nadat motor hom tref
Die Oos-Randse pa van vyf jong kinders is ná ’n tref-en-trap-ongeluk in ’n bedenklike toestand en in ’n koma.
Mnr. Bart Wilken (33) veg om sy lewe in die Charlotte Ma?xeke-hospitaal (die ou Johannesburgse hospitaal) nadat ’n bakkie hom op 30 Desember op sy motorfiets in Springs raak gery en hy toe van ’n 6 m-hoë brug geval het.
Die bakkie het weggejaag.
Wilken se familie kon hom eers ’n dag later in die hospitaal opspoor nadat die polisie hom nie kon identifiseer nie.
Wilken, sy verloofde, me. Angie Jansen van Vuuren (26), en hul drie kinders, Brendan (8), Johanné (3) en Leandré (1), het twee weke voor dié ongeluk van Lydenburg na Springs verhuis sodat Wilken kon werk soek.
Hy moet ook na sy twee kinders uit ’n vorige huwelik, Bart jr. (12) en Nicoleen (10), omsien.
Jansen van Vuuren, ’n huisvrou, het gister vertel haar verloofde en verskeie kollegas is verlede jaar by ’n myn by Lydenburg afgedank nadat ’n deel daarvan ingestort het.
“Bart het hier (in Springs) kom werk soek. Hy was op pad terug huis toe van ’n vriend af toe ’n wit bakkie sy motorfiets op die Springs-Wesweg-brug gestamp het. Hy is van sy motorfiets af geslinger en het van die brug af geval. Almal het ondertoe gehardloop, maar die bestuurder van die bakkie het weggejaag.”
Wilken het glo nie sy identiteitsdokument by hom gehad nie. Sy gesin kon hom eers die volgende middag opspoor toe hulle paniekbevange by die Springs-polisie gaan navraag doen het.
Me. Liezl Wilken (34), sy suster, het gesê hy is in ’n bedenklike toestand en in ’n koma.
“Hy het ernstige breinbeserings, beenfrakture in sy gesig en ’n gebreekte nekwerwel opgedoen. Sy skouer is uit die potjie geskeur. Ons is egter positief die Here se hand is oor hom.”
Wilken se ander suster, Janine (16), is geskok dat ’n mens “dit oor hul hart kan kry om iemand te stamp en hom net vir dood te los”.
Nadat Wilken sy werk verloor het, het hy nie meer ’n mediese fonds nie.
“Ek weet nie wat ons nou gaan doen nie. Ek bid net hy word gou beter,” het Jansen van Vuuren gesê.
Volgens haar het die enigste ooggetuie skielik onttrek.
“As hy kan vorendag kom, kan die motoris vasgetrek word en die saak ondersoek word.”
01-08-2009, 02:13 AM #3556
Man word ná vyf moorde gesoek
Port Elizabeth. – Die polisie in Kwazakele is op soek na ’n man wat met vyf moorde verbind kan word.
Mnr. Zamuxolo “Frank” Hobongwana (24) (foto) word onder meer verdink van die moord op drie mans wat op 16, 24 en 26 Desember in Veeplaas doodgeskiet is.
“Ons is nie seker oor die motief vir die moorde nie omdat nie een van die slagoffers beroof is nie. Hulle is slegs geskiet en daar gelaat,” het die ondersoekbeampte, kapt. Elandré Slabbert gister gesê.
’n Ooggetuie het Hobongwana se betrokkenheid by die moorde aan die polisie bekend gemaak.
Sr.supt. Vela Cele, stasiebevelvoerder, het gesê Hobongwana word verbind met nog twee moorde wat in 2004 gepleeg is. Aanklagte van die besit van ’n ongelisensieerde vuurwapen en roof word ook teen hom ondersoek. Die polisie het Hobongwana as gewapen en uiters gevaarlik bestempel.
Mense met inligting kan Cele by 041-408-7708 of 082 303 0415 bel.
01-08-2009, 02:15 AM #3557
Ontvangsdame (28) van Knysna se lyk onder takke gevind
Knysna. - ’n Raaisel omhul die moord op ’n vrou (28) wie se lyk Dinsdagmiddag by Coney Glen, die gewilde toeriste-uitkykpunt naby die Knysna Koppe, onder ’n hopie takke versteek gevind is.
Me. Shantél Zeelie is glo Maandagmiddag voor etenstyd weg by Kilokor-makelaars in Knysna waar sy ’n ontvangsdame was. Sy is waarskynlik die laaste keer lewend gesien deur die motorwag by die uitkykpunt vir wie sy glo iets te ete gegee het.
Haar pa, mnr. Danie Zeelie, het gister gesê Shantél sou die aand by die Cruise Café-restaurant in Knysna as kelner werk. Sy het glo geld gespaar om haar by haar ouer suster, Debbie, in Engeland aan te sluit.
Toe Shantél Dinsdag om 04:00 steeds nie tuis was nie, het die gesin bekommerd geraak, maar gedink sy het dalk by vriende oorgebly.
Volgens Zeelie het hy die oggend besluit om na die uitkykpunt te ry, waar hy sy dogter se motor, ’n Hyundai Getz, sien staan het.
Volgens die polisie is sy omstreeks 12:00 as vermis aangemeld. ’n Soekgeselskap het die gebied begin fynkam.
Haar lyk is omstreeks 16:00 gevind, skaars 30 m van haar motor teen ’n steil afdraande af, digby ’n voetpaadjie wat na die uitkykpunt lei. Volgens die gesin was Shantél se twee selfone en haar skoene skoonveld.
Sy was andersins ten volle geklee en haar handsak was in die motor toegesluit. Die Burger het verneem sy het dikwels by die uitkykpunt gesit en lees.
Forensiese deskundiges was reeds op die toneel.
Die oorskot word in die staatslykshuis in George geberg, het kapt. Malcolm Pojie, ’n polisiewoordvoerder, gesê.
Mense met inligting kan die ondersoekbeampte, kapt. Max Mangali, by 044 302 6600 of 083 491 7093 bel, of Stop Misdaad by 08600 10111.
01-08-2009, 02:16 AM #3558
‘Verkragter’ vas ná hy vrou se deur in George afbreek
George. - ’n Man wat in Desember na bewering ’n 20-jarige vrou in haar woonstel in Meadestraat hier oorrompel en verkrag het, is Maandagmiddag in hegtenis geneem en verskyn vandag in die hof.
“Die man het na bewering omstreeks 17:30 op 19 Desember by die vrou se woonstel in ’n sekerheidskompleks ingebreek,” het kapt. Malcolm Pojie, polisiewoordvoerder in die Suid-Kaap, gister gesê.
“Die vrou het klaarblyklik net uit die stort gekom en was kaal toe die man haar in haar slaapkamer met ’n mes gedreig en verkrag het.”
Volgens Pojie het die ondersoek so lank geneem omdat videomateriaal van die sekerheidskameras eers ontleed moes word.
“Die videomateriaal wys hoe die verdagte eers twee ander deure in die kompleks probeer oopmaak voordat hy die slagoffer se deur met geweld afbreek,” het ’n vriendin van die slagoffer, wat anoniem wil bly, gesê.
“Hy het haar in haar slaapkamer oorrompel en verkrag voordat hy haar in die badkamer toegesluit het.
“Sy het eers probeer om die badkamerdeur oop te breek, maar toe sy dit nie kon regkry nie, het sy die waaier in die badkamer uitgebreek en om hulp geroep.
“Die bure bokant haar het haar krete gehoor en die toesighouer het die woonsteldeur oopgesluit en haar bevry.”
Volgens die vriendin is die verdagte vort met die slagoffer se selfoon, bankkaarte, R500 kontant wat sy vroeër getrek het, die woonstelsleutels en afstandbeheer vir die toegangshek.
Later het hy blykbaar nog R500 uit haar bankrekening onttrek.
“Ons wil ten alle koste vermy dat borgtog môre (vandag) aan die verdagte toegestaan word,” het die vriendin gesê.
“Dit is skokkend dat die man, wat klaarblyklik ’n misdaadrekord het, so lank op vrye voet kon wees, veral in die lig van die videomateriaal. Die man is ’n gevaar vir die samelewing. Hy het ten spyte van al die sekerheidsmaatreëls helder oordag by die woonstelkompleks ingebreek. Ons het die slotte vervang, maar hy het steeds die afstandbeheer van die toegangshek tot die kompleks gehad.”
01-08-2009, 06:12 AM #3559
Cops investigate after body found in bushes
An autopsy will be conducted today on the body of a 28-year-old Knysna woman found among the bushes at the Coney Glen viewpoint on Tuesday.
Shantell Zeelie, from Old Place, was found hidden under the bushes about 30 metres from her car and about 2.5m off a footpath leading to the viewpoint. Her mother reported her missing at noon on Tuesday.
Police spokesperson Malcolm Pojie said officers then followed up on information from the public about a car, a Hyundai Getz which matched the description of Zeelie's vehicle, parked near the Coney Glen viewpoint.
Police officers, Metro Search and Rescue, National Sea Rescue Institute and Wilderness Search and Rescue members had previously conducted searches on land and at sea, he said.
Pojie said Zeelie's parents had been at the scene and confirmed the car was hers.
Police are investigating a case of murder, he said. No arrests have been made.
Zeelie was last seen alive on Monday at her place of work.
Police were still unclear about the motive behind her killing, Pojie said.
On Wednesday evening, Zeelie's family were still too traumatised to talk to the media.
Her brother-in-law, who asked not to be named, said the family were "far too shocked", and were still coming to terms with their loss.
Meanwhile, police are asking for anyone with information to call investigating officer
Max Mangali on 044 302 6600.
Knysna police fear rumours may hamper murder probe
KNYSNA was awash with rumour yesterday following the murder of a woman whose body was found under the bushes on one of the Garden Route town‘s famous Heads.
Despite talk among townsfolk that a number of possible suspects had been identified and questioned about the murder of 28-year-old Shantell Zeelie, police said no progress had been made with the investigation.
“We are appealing to the community for information,” said Southern Cape police spokesman Captain Malcolm Pojie. Police were also awaiting the results of the autopsy, which would be conducted today to determine the cause of death.
“The outcome of the autopsy will also guide us in further investigations, but at this point we do not have any suspects. There will no doubt be plenty of rumours, especially with the killings by Heinrich van Rooyen still fresh in the minds of residents,” he said.
Nightclub disc jockey Van Rooyen was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment last year for the murder of two young women in 2005.
Pojie said the spreading of rumours would hamper police investigations because they were obliged to take all information seriously and follow every possible lead.
He corrected an earlier police report which said Zeelie‘s body was found naked. “In fact, she was found wearing a top and a skirt.”
A number of residents passed on the rumours to The Herald yesterday.
A man who did not want to be named said Zeelie was probably killed in a “crime of passion”, and that rumours would abound about another serial killer on the loose.
Zeelie was last seen alive at her workplace at a Knysna insurance broker on Monday afternoon. Her body was discovered next to a footpath about 30 metres from the Corney Glen viewpoint on the Eastern Head at about 4pm on Tuesday after her car was found standing in the viewpoint parking lot.
Pojie appealed to anyone with information about her death to contact the investigating officer, Captain Max Mangali, on 083-4917093 or Crime Stop on 08600-10111.
01-08-2009, 06:13 AM #3560
Ritual murder probe moves to Jo‘burg
PORT Elizabeth police have extended their investigation against suspected lesbian ritual killer Samantha-Ann Mitchell, 33, to Johannesburg.
Police director Ronald Koll said yesterday that investigations into the killing of Grace Dorothy Tommy, 36, in her Prospect Hill flat before Christmas had led a crack team of Humewood detectives to Johannesburg to follow up some leads.
He said police were still investigating claims that Mitchell worked as a project manager for the municipality. “This is what she told us. If it is otherwise it will come up in our investigation.”
Municipal spokesman Kupido Baron said, however, that Mitchell‘s claims “are baseless and untrue”.
“Mitchell helped out as a secretary at the Pleinhuis offices of the constituency services sub-directorate for a couple of weeks and never managed any projects on behalf of the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality,” Baron said.
Mitchell was arrested on Wednesday last week for allegedly murdering her lesbian lover and afterwards claiming to be a “prophet”.
She also told police detectives that she could make her lover‘s body rise again and that Tommy was in fact not dead but just in a deep sleep. Detectives took Mitchell to the mortuary, where she was asked to make the body rise, but to no avail. Police described the brutal killing as a “cult or ritual murder”.
The couple had only recently moved to Port Elizabeth from Johannesburg, where similar murders have allegedly taken place.
Mitchell will remain in police custody until next Thursday, when she is scheduled to appear for a formal bail application in the Port Elizabeth magistrate‘s court.