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07-13-2007, 03:45 AM #1061
Nóg 8 sel-moorde in SA bekyk
KAAPSTAD. – Nóg voorvalle van beweerde moorde in polisie-aanhouding het aan die lig gekom ná die skokmoord op ’n boukontrakteur in die polisieselle op Grabouw die naweek.
Mnr. Peter Wheeler (55) is dood nadat hy Saterdagmiddag weens dronkenskap in hegtenis geneem en saam met drie ander mans in die polisieselle opgesluit is.
Die Burger is gister deur ’n betroubare bron ingelig oor minstens agt ander gevalle van beweerde selmoorde die afgelope vier jaar in die omgewing van Louis Trichardt in Limpopo.
Een van die gevalle is dié van ’n 16-jarige seun wat in Julie 2005 vir huisbraak in hegtenis geneem is en saam met volwassenes in ’n sel hier opgesluit is.
Masilo Elias Molauwa is glo die aand in die sel deur mede-aangehoudenes doodgeslaan. ’n Prokureur op die dorp is besig om ’n siviele saak namens die ouers van die oorledene teen die polisie te maak.
Intussen het mnr. Thabo Leholo, Wes-Kaapse hoof van die onafhanklike klagtedirektoraat (OKD), gister gesê die ondersoek na mnr. Chris Swartz (35) se dood is nog nie voltooi nie. Daar is verneem Swartz is in November 2005 aan sy beserings dood nadat hy in ’n koma van die Grabouw-selle na ’n hospitaal geneem is.
“Ons het gesukkel om die getuies op te spoor, daarom is die ondersoek nog nie voltooi nie,” het Leholo gesê.
Volgens hom behoort die ondersoek binne die volgende twee weke afgehandel te wees.
Hy het bygevoeg die OKD monitor ook die ondersoek van die dood van ’n plaaswerker in die gebied. Mnr. Adam Lottering is glo aan erge beserings dood nadat hy ’n paar weke gelede in hegtenis geneem is ná ’n stryery met sy vrou.
’n Verslag oor onder meer die toestand van dié polisieselle sal ook moontlik binne twee weke beskikbaar wees, het Leholo gesê.
Hy het Woensdag ’n besoek aan die polisieselle op Grabouw gebring. Volgens hom was die besoek deel van roetinewerk.
Mnr. Hans Wheeler wag ook steeds op die verslag van sy broer se nadoodse ondersoek. Mnr. Peter Wheeler word môre om 10:00 uit die Hervormde Kerk, Pretoria-Noord, begrawe.
Om te verhoed dat meer mense in polisie-aanhouding sterf, is stasiebevelvoerders by polisiekantore oor die hele land opdrag gegee om toe te sien dat hul polisieselle gereeld besoek word,berigVirginia Keppler.
Dir. Phuti Setati, polisiewoordvoerder, het gesê die afdelingskommissaris vir sigbare polisiëring gaan slypskole in al nege provinsies aanbied.
07-13-2007, 07:10 AM #1062
Criminals 'target' security complexes
High "security" complexes are no guarantee of safety, if Stefan Stander's experiences this past week is anything to go by. Mr Stander, who was stabbed by a security guard at the complex where he lives, was in the process of selling his house following a spate of burglaries in his neighbourhood.
He says that within the space of one week earlier this year, his house and two others in the complex where he lives, were burgled - this despite the complex being a gated village, with its own security entrance, within Heritage Park, (a residential, commercial and industrial estate) that prides itself on an apparent high level of security.
Heritage Park Security managing director, Doug Grierson, told DistrictMail he would not comment on the burglaries as his company was "not employed [by the Heritage Park Trust] specifically to patrol residential areas within Heritage Park". He said this was a misconception among some residents.
He added however, that there had been a spate of burglaries within the area and that his staff had assisted police with the arrest of five young men earlier this month who had broken into homes at The Vines, another complex at Heritage Park.
A report in the Mail & Guardian newspaper last week said recent crime statistics suggested that residents of wealthy suburbs, who spend millions of rands protecting their properties, have been the main targets of house robberies.
It quotes Institute for Security Studies researcher, Johan Burger, who said areas such as "security" complexes offer criminals the highest returns; some criminals even rent houses in complexes, giving them an entrance; residents of complexes were less vigilant than others, making them more susceptible to crime; and, some robbers came from the ranks of security companies and had vital information on properties they formerly protected.
As for Stander, he prefers to take his chances on his own - he has bought a house in Gordon's Bay, which is not situated in a complex, and plans to hire a private security company.
07-13-2007, 07:29 AM #1063
Ouma nie gestuit deur rowers
“Ek dink die rede hoekom een van die rowers vir my so goed behandel het tydens die roof is seker omdat ek dikwels vir hom en sy ma geld gegee het om te oorleef.”
Dit vertel ’n bejaarde vrou nadat sy in haar huis in De Zoete Inval, Suider-Paarl aangeval is.
Mercia Bouwer (80) het gesê dat sy verlede Donderdagoggend deur twee jong mans met serpe om hul gesigte en wolhandskoene aan hul hande oorweldig is toe sy uit haar badkamer gekom het.
“Hulle het vir my op ’n stoel in my slaapkamer met elektriese koorde vasgebind en deur al wat ’n kas en laai is, gekrap op soek na waardevolle items.
“Terwyl hulle my besittings so uit die kaste uitgooi, het ek nog vir hulle uitgeskel en gevra hoekom hulle sulke stout dinge aanvang.”
Terwyl die jong mans verder deur die huis geplunder het, het Bouwer vorentoe geval terwyl sy haarself probeer loswikkel het en haar kop teen ’n televisiestel oopgestamp.
“Die een seun het vir my terug op die stoel getel en vir my sneesdoekies gegee om die bloed van my voorkop af te vee.
“Nou besef ek hoekom, want ek het vasgestel dat hy die seun van ’n vrou is wat ek dikwels met geld of kos gehelp het.
“Die seun was onlangs hier en het vir R50 gevra wat hy nodig het om matriek te skryf. Ek het vir hom egter ’n R100 gegee.
“Ek weet sy ma woon in Fairyland en sy is nie gesond nie. Hy is blykbaar op skool in Khayelitsha.”
Met ’n bebloede gesig en hande en voete styf vasgemaak is Bouwer egter nie gestuit nie.
“Ek het besef dat ek lank so gaan sit as ek nie vinnig ’n plan maak nie.”
Sy het in haar doel geslaag om haarself te bevry en die alarm te aktiveer.
“Hulle het teruggekom en ’n mes teen my keel gehou, vir my op die bed neergegooi en weer vasgemaak. Hulle het ’n sokkie in my mond probeer druk, maar gelukkig was dit ’n skoon een.
“Mens kon sien dat hulle nie deskundiges op die gebied van huisbraak is nie, want hulle was maar lomp en het gesukkel om die koord vas te maak.”
Die jong mans is uiteindelik verwilder deur ’n sekuriteitsbeampte wat op die alarm gereageer het en hulle het slegs met ’n selfoon die hasepad gekies.
“Die polisie en veiligheidsbeamptes was vinnig hier en die skelms is naby my huis in hegtenis geneem.”
’n Koffiepot-oortreksel is op die kombuisvloer gevind waarin die rowers kontant en lekkers gebêre het om saam te vat. Die hele huis was omgekrap, portrette is selfs van die mure afgehaal en ornamente was van rakke afgeruk.
“Dit was die ergste, om als wat hulle deurmekaar gekrap het weer aan die kant te maak.
“Maar wat vir my die heel seerste maak, is dat ek vir die een seun en sy ma dikwels finansieel gehelp het as hulle aan my deur kom klop het.”
Thembinkosi Mbelu en Siphiwo Vundiso, albei agtien jaar oud, van Kaapstad is in verband met die voorval in hegtenis geneem.
07-13-2007, 08:15 AM #1064
07-13-2007, 08:17 AM #1065
Residents thank police for hard work
The community of Kalkheuwel-Broederstroom have expressed their heartfelt thanks to members of the Hartbeespoort police station who went out of their way to help them as they were caught in the midst of a spate of seven farm attacks over several weeks as well as the capture of the group allegedly responsible for the attacks last Friday.
A member of the community, who asked to remain anonymous, told Kormorant that members of the Hartbeespoort police went out of their way to stay in touch with them and keep them infor-med about what was happening.
She said that while some of the community members lived in fear that they may be the next victims they received telephone calls of where the group was last seen and what the police were doing. “When the search for the men was happening on Friday morning I received a call warning me not to return to my house because the police were chasing the group through our property at that stage. I appreciated it very much,” the resident said.
According to her the community really stood together during the seve-ral weeks and worked together, sharing infor-mation and looking out for their neighbours. “We had a meeting with the Hartbeespoort police last Thursday night where approximately 80 residents were present. At the meeting the com-munity members indi-cated that they would do anything to help the police. Although this was before the capture of the men we do hope that the community will stay in-volved and continue to work together with the police to curb crime in our area. This also inclu-des the staff working for both businesses and residents,” the resident said.
Speaking for several residents of the Kalkheuwel-Broeder-stroom area she expres-sed a special thanks to Supt. Jannie van der Walt, Capt. Lukas Botha, Insp. Piet Gouws, Insp. Johan Putter, Insp. Albie du Toit, D/Insp. Gys Coetzee and Sgt. Elmar Terblanche for their hard work and commit-ment to ensure the safety of the community.
07-13-2007, 08:26 AM #1066
Couple found dead by their son
The 22 year old son of a couple who lived in Xanadu Eco Park in Rietfontein and neighbours who lived close to the couple are mourning their loss after the couple was found dead in their home on the estate on Sunday evening.
Ernest and Amelia Chapman’s son made the discovery at approximately 18:30 on Sunday evening when he found his parents in their bedroom.
According to Insp. Mary Modise, spokesperson for the Hartbeespoort police, the police were called to the house by neighbours who were assisting the couple’s son. He was extremely traumatised.
“It looked like the woman was strangled and the man had a gunshot wound in his stomach. The police found a note addressed to the son in the bedroom. A judicial death enquiry and a case of murder is being investigated,” Insp. Modise said.
Both Ernest and Amelia Chapman worked for the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment at the Tshwane University of Technology since 1995.
Ernest Chapman was the head of the Mechanical Engineering Department since his appointment to the post in 1996. He conducted pioneering work in a new field of specialisation in mechanical engineering, Mechatronic Engineering.
Amelia was first appointed as financial officer at salaries and was transferred to the office of the Dean of the Faculty where she took up the post of Senior Faculty Secretary. She held the same position since.
Colleagues of the couple were shocked about the news of their deaths. The Chapmans are survived by their only son.
07-13-2007, 08:30 AM #1067
Cases against suspected farm attackers pile up
The group of farm attackers captured by police in Kalkheuwel almost two weeks ago have been linked to more cases which include armed robberies in the Pretoria and Erasmia areas. Another victim of such a robbery in Centurion believes that they may also be the group who held himself and his family at gunpoint in February.
Two of the members of the group were arrested, one was wounded and two died after a massive search for them in the mountainous areas of Kalkheuwel on Friday 4 May. The search started the previous night when it was reported to the police that the group was at a worker’s house asking for information about her employer. They were later spotted around a campfire but fled in different directions.
A spokesperson for the Hartbeespoort police said the group was initially thought to be responsible for seven farm attacks in the Kalkheuwel-Broederstroom area over a period of several weeks.
On that Friday morning the police search for the men continued and the help of a SAPD police helicopter, additional groups of police officials, including members of a dog unit, were deployed in vehicles and on foot to help with the search.
Dir Sally de Beer, spokesperson for the National Police Commissioner - Comm. Jackie Selebi, said in a statement that the air wing spotted three members of the group and guided police officials on the ground in their direction.
“A shoot-out ensued after the suspects began firing on the police members, resulting in two of the suspects being fatally wounded and one wounded in the arm. The other two suspects were located shortly afterwards and were arrested,” Dir. De Beer said.
Four hand guns were found on the scene on the next day and their shoe prints were matched positively to shoe prints found on some of the farm attack scenes.
On Monday morning the man from Centurion arrived at the Hartbeespoort police station to say that he suspects that the same group of men may have been responsible for the armed robbery at his home in Centurion in February this year.
The man, who asked not be identified, told Kormorant that he lives in a security complex in that area and that the group of men worked there as builders. They held up four families and the one at his house was the last.
He said that they used firearms to threaten the family and tied up himself, his wife and his children’s hands. “They took everyone to one room and left a very aggressive man with my wife and children before taking me through the house. I had to show them where the money and all the valuable things were,” the man said.
According to him the men took all his electrical equipment, loaded it into his car and fled. He said that he and his family were very traumatised after the robbery but that the robberies in the complex stopped after that.
The police spokesperson said that since the arrest of the members of the group they have been linked to more cases in Hartbeespoort than the farm attacks in Kalkheuwel and Broederstroom and that they have also received information that they were involved in cases in the Pretoria and Erasmia policing areas.
07-13-2007, 08:37 AM #1068
Spate of farm attacks in Rietfontein
Residents of Rietfontein were caught in a spate of farm attacks on Friday night as robbers made their way from one property to another, firing shots at the first property and ending up fleeing empty handed from the last.
A victim of one of the robberies told Kormorant that they had just arrived home after 22:00 on Friday night and she had unlocked the security gate at the door to go into the house when the first shot was fired at her. The woman, who asked to remain anonymous, said that she managed to get inside and was holding the gate closed with her hand when they fired another shot through the security gate. “I heard a noise at the back door and thought they had gone. I then went to fetch my son and we ran to an outbuilding. I later realised that it was my husband at the back door,” the woman said.
According to her she still had her cellular phone with her and telephoned a friend, who in turn contacted the police. The victim said that the police were there very quickly and she thanked everyone who was there.
Insp. Mary Modise, spokesperson for the Hartbeespoort police, said an attempted murder case is being investigated in connection with this case.
Another attack occurred at workers’ houses at a factory in Rietfontein the same night. According to Insp. Modise some of the workers were sitting outside their houses around fires when the robbers, with Balaklavas over their faces, arrived and robbed them. Another one of the workers was in his bed, sleeping. Three robbers woke him up and robbed him. Insp. Modise said that one of the workers was hit with a stone against the head and the robbers fled with smaller items such as CDs, cellphones and clothes.
During the last robbery at another smallholding workers were working on a ceiling when the robbers arrived and forced the workers to go with them to the main house.
Insp. Modise said that the robbers forced the workers to knock on the door and when the door was opened they forced them inside. “The people in the house and the workers were tied up and the robbers loaded everything from the house into the owner’s Mercedes Benz. They fled, leaving everything behind, when they couldn’t get the gate open. Stolen items from the previous robberies were found in the car along with the goods from inside the house,” Insp. Modise said.
07-13-2007, 09:47 AM #1069
Man shot coming from airport
Johannesburg - A man was shot dead and his car hijacked in Sinoville on Friday after his return from abroad, police said.
Inspector Paul Ramaloka said the man was being driven to his Montana Park home from OR Tambo Airport after a work trip to France.
Details are still sketchy but the man who drove him home told police he thought they were followed home from the airport.
The man was shot at on arrival shortly after 09:00.
Their vehicle was stolen.
The driver was taken to hospital to be treated for shock, Ramaloka said.
07-13-2007, 03:00 PM #1070
Cell death: police could be suspended
Police officers on duty when builder Pieter Wheeler died in the Grabouw police cells could be suspended, Western Cape police said.
Wheeler, 51, was found dead six hours after being arrested for being drunk in public. He is believed to have been assaulted by two other people in custody.
Police spokesperson Neville Malila said a disciplinary investigation of all police officers on duty the night of the incident began on Friday.
This comes after an internal report by the office of the Western Cape commissioner was completed on Friday.
Malila said the report indicates "disciplinary investigations should be instituted into the conduct of members who performed duties that night. As part of the disciplinary process this office is investigating the option of suspension.
"The South African Police Service views the safety of prisoners in a very serious light," he said.
Malila could not say when the investigation might be completed.
The Independent Complaints Directorate is conducting its own investigation into Wheeler's death.
Jerome Peters, 25, and Rufus Jordaan, 37, both of Grabouw, had been arrested in connection with the death.
They appeared in the Grabouw magistrate's court on a charge of murder on Tuesday.
The matter was postponed to August 13. Both remain in custody.