Pages

20100123

Crime report Jan 23 2010

Among the many people who died violent deaths today were two Afrikaner farmers, a Kempton Park medical doctor, an Afrikaner dad who died after a dog attack, a print journalist found dead in the Lowveld; a Butterworth robber; a mystery man whose body was pulled from Durban’s heavily-polluted Blue Lagoon… also, gutsy undercover drugs-trade cop Sarie Meiring is left to rot in a Senegal prison by the SA police service… An average of 89 people a day die violent deaths each day in murders and homicides

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2010_01_23 Lavender-oil cultivator Ernest Gieseke, 69, killed, Ficksburg, farm Good Hope, three questioned

23 January 2010, Free State police were questioning three men on Saturday afternoon in connection with the murder of a Ficksburg farmer. Farmer Ernest Gieseke, 69,’s wife Dorothy was alone in the homestead when she was surprised by three men armed with a firearm and screwdriver. Mosupa said the woman  pressed the panic button inside the house and the three suspects ran away without hurting her. Police said when the woman went outside to look for her husband she found him dead. He earlier went outside to feed animals and water some plants. Mosupa said a blood covered stone was found at the scene with which the attackers hid Ernest Gieseke, 69, on the head. "His throat was also cut with a sharp object." Mosupa said a search for the attackers started immediately and three males between the age of 16 and 30, were found not far from the farm. Police are still looking for more suspects in the case. Another farmer in the Gumtree-district, Anton Kok, said the death of Gieseke was a huge loss to the community. "He was an outstanding person and a great gentleman in the community. Ficksburg’s economy is based chiefly on mixed agriculture, concentrating mainly on asparagus, cherries and deciduous fruit. Other crops are farmed on a smaller scale. At present there is renewed attention being payed to apples, with more farmers than ever planting apple trees." He said Gieseke farmed with lavender, extracted oils, cultivated berries which customers could come and harvest themselves on the farm and cattle.  http://www.thestar.co.za/?fSectionId=&fArticleId=nw20100123180040420C214805

2010_01_23 Johannes Venter, 64, murdered Middelburg farm, wife injured – nothing robbed.

Radio Sonder Grense reports on January 23 2010 that 64-year-old farmer Johannes Venter was shot dead inside his homestead near Middelburg, Mpumalanga and his wife was injured in her left arm. The couple’s son was alerted when he heard his parents screaming before shots were fired. Nothing was robbed. The killers gained access by breaking through a bedroom window. They fled and police have mounted a search, said the Afrikaans-language news broadcaster in its 13:00 broadcast on January 23 2010 http://www.rsg.co.za/nuusbulletins.asp

Well-known Lowveld print journalist found dead in car

23 January 2010 - A well-known print journalist was found dead in his car in Lowveld, Mpumalanga on Saturday, the SABC reported.
The man's name would be released once his family was notified.The car was found on a farm road near Kaapsehoop. A swimming pool pipe was found connected from the car's exhaust to the window. Sapa http://www.thestar.co.za/?fSectionId=&fArticleId=nw20100123194751464C711272

 

Kempton Park medical doctor shot dead – no apparent robbery…

23 January 2010  Kempton Park  - An unnamed 55-year-old doctor was shot and killed in Kempton Park on Friday night, Johannesburg paramedics said.  Netcare 911 spokesman Chris Botha said it was believed the doctor went to lock his kitchen door around 20:00 when he was attacked by ‘several gunmen’. Netcare 911 paramedics arrived on scene and found the doctor lying in the courtyard just outside the kitchen door. It’s not known if anything was robbed. ‘Gunman also shot in the leg by his comrade…’ They raced over to treat the man but on examination found that he had been fatally wounded. "One of the suspects was wounded by his fellow gunman in the fracas. Police arrested the wounded suspect some metres away from the crime scene. Paramedics found the wounded man lying in a prostrate position on the roadway with a gunshot wound to his leg," said Botha. After being stabilised the suspect also was transported under guard to an area hospital for  treatment.  http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/5bba2f5e4c7c48b6ab735fd899286460/23-01-2010-07-31/Joburg_doctor_shot_dead

Carelse Jacques 40 dead after dog attack by American fighting dog from street Jacques Carelse, 40, dies from dog-attack, Rynfield, Benoni

PICTURE: 2010-01-23  Jacques Carelse, 40, who died several hours after he was savaged in a cruel dog attack in Rynfield, Benoni by an American fighting dog which had stormed onto their erf from the street and attacked the family poodle/ Mr Carelse tried to save the family dog when he was bitten. The Afrikaner father died of traumatic shock several hours later. It’s not known if police have arrested the owner of the dog and charged him with culpible homicide as yet…   http://www.beeld.com/Content/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/1928/6291584678f44035aa58e4a778c5cc38/23-01-2010-01-52/Man_sterf_na_hond_hom_pak

Butterworth, Port Elizabeth man shoots robber in self-defence

23 January 2010 Eastern Cape police have opened an inquest docket after a would-be thief was shot and killed by the owner of the house he was in the process of robbing, they said on Saturday. "A Butterworth man was woken up by some noise in the early hours of Saturday morning. He saw a man had broken into his house and was loading items in a wheelbarrow. The home owner, who was armed, shouted for the man to surrender," said Captain Jackson Manatha. He said the man lunged forward with a knife instead of surrendering. "At that stage the home owner shot at the man in self defence," said Manatha.http://www.thestar.co.za/?fSectionId=&fArticleId=nw20100123165910648C189677  also today: Man hacked to death with axe in Tuleni village, East Cape and Protesters stone car in North West

-------------------------------------

Marike de Klerk ‘s ex-body guard, undercover-cop Sarie Meiring, left to rot in Senegal jail for doing her job

Former top cop cries foul from jail Jan232010 SatStar SarieMeiringUndercoverDrugMuleArrested Mrs Sarie Meiring, an ex-bodyguard of the late, (murdered) SA first lady Marike de Klerk, has been  left high and dry by her South African Police Service handler after she was caught as an undercover-operative with 6kg of cocaine in Dakar, Senegal. The claims are given credence in conversations between a friend of Sarie Meiring and her police handler, as well as a series of SMS communications which the Saturday Star has seen.

Meiring, 45, was apparently undercover as a drug mule in a transcontinental narcotics operation when she was arrested at Dakar International Airport on July 30.
She was on her way to South Africa after collecting the cocaine consignment on behalf of a Nigerian syndicate in South America. Her handler, an operative from the police's Crime Intelligence Gathering Unit (CIGU), whose name is known to the Saturday Star, confirms he was aware of the operation and that Meiring was in constant contact with him as it unfolded.Meiring, who lived in Kyalami, north of Joburg, flew from Joburg to Dakar on July 18, then on to Brazil, Ecuador, Chile and Argentina before returning to Africa again via Dakar, where she was arrested with the cocaine. It also emerges from records that Meiring expressed concern for her personal safety as the drug-run unfolded, but was repeatedly reassured by her handler that everything was under control and that she would be looked after. It is unclear why he changed his mind, but as Meiring prepared to leave for Dakar, the handler advised her to pull out of the operation. By that time, however, it was too late and Meiring said it was no longer an option to withdraw. Two weeks later she was taken into custody by the Senegalese police.Her handler says, in a recording, that the CIGU is ‘ unable to intervene as it could cause a diplomatic incident if it was admitted that South African law enforcement authorities were conducting operations on foreign soil without the host country's permission’. "They will say we are sending couriers, drug smugglers. They will want to know what we are doing with the drugs." A former intelligence operative and handler of undercover agents said: "In the absence of mutual undercover agreements, the undercover agent enjoys no protection whatever. "But getting the authorisations involves a lot of paperwork, and often compromises the security of the operation, so often the handlers don't bother; they just hope for the best; hope the whatsit doesn't hit the fan... like it has this time around." http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=vn20100123073540900C192909

----------------------------------

Mystery body pulled from Durban Blue Lagoon

Durban park beachfront Pic by Snowy Smith Death of Durban rageblog 2010-01-23 DURBAN A male corpse has been recovered from Durban's Blue Lagoon, after fisherman discovered the body of the mystery man in the early hours of the morning. 

Netcare911 spokesperson Jeff Wicks said paramedics were called to the scene after a fisherman found a body floating in the lagoon on Saturday morning.It was discovered that the body had been in the water for several days before it was found. Police were piecing together clues to trace the man's identity and his next of kin.

Durban’s Blue Lagoon beach area has become a very dangerous place, according to a recent report by the Democratic Alliance’s ward councillor Avrille Coen. (click on picture for many more details).

She has repeatedly urged increased visible policing patrols, adopting a zero-tolerance programme of enforcement and maximising the use of closed-circuit television. She said the ANC had however vetoed these motions, saying that ‘the situation was well under control’.

Coen said the area between Blue Lagoon and the military museum was worst hit by crime caused by out-of-control beach parties.

"When I went to inspect it, the area was littered with broken alcohol bottles and rubbish. People were drinking in broad daylight and, while there were scattered metro policemen, nothing was done." http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/1d9591ff403c4bd787ecfa85f84faeb6/23-01-2010-12-17/Mystery_body_pulled_from_lagoon

Christmas massacre suspect ‘escapes’

22 January 2010   KwaZulu police are searching for a man who escaped during a police-shoot out on Friday morning in which three men had died: they were suspected of carryng out the Ntuzuma Christmas massacre were six people of the same clan were murdered.

Six people were killed: Inanda Radio-FM presenter Ntombikayise Ngwane, 24, her tribal relatives and friends Mtuseni Gumede-Mlanduli, 24, Njabulo Dlamini, 24, Mxolisi Sangweni, 25, S'mangaliso Nkosi, 24, and Neil Magwaza, 21; and three more injured by three men who stormed into their home with R5 military assault rifles and AK-47 carbines. SAPS Director Mrs Phindile Radebe claimed on Jan 22 2010 in a statement to the Natal Mercury: “Two of the arrested people were linked to the Ntuzuma Christmas massacre and one was wanted for hijacking and cash-in-transit.”

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.