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JAMEY GORDON

A security officer was shot and

wounded, and a shot was fired at

awoman in twoseparate shooting

incidents in the Helderberg one

onMonday 23 June and the other

on Friday 20 June.

Atang Leboto (23), a security offic-

er at Executive Risk Consultants

(ERC),was shot in the stomach on

Monday, when two men robbed him

during a routine cash drop-off in

Main Road, Somerset West.

Accordingtoaneyewitness,anem-

ployee of Vodacom Helderberg Vil-

lage Walk, the incident occurred at

about 10:50 in front of the store.

She recalls two men approaching

Leboto and words being exchanged

between them before a scuffle broke

out.Shesaysitappearedthatthemen

were trying to rob Leboto of a black

baghewascarrying.Oneoftheassail-

ants then drew a firearm and shot

him in the abdomen. The employee

saysLeboto fell togroundandthetwo

men ran down Victoria Street.

According to ER24 spokesperson

Russel Meiring, paramedics found

Leboto in a critical condition. Meir-

ing says advanced life support was

performed before Leboto was trans-

ported to Mediclinic Vergelegen.

ERC operations manager, Angie

Brink says Leboto was on his way to

FNB to deposit an undisclosed

amount of money for Essential

Health Pharmacy at the time of the

shooting. Leboto was accompanied

by an employee of the pharmacy. Ac-

cording to Brink, after the incident,

theemployee,whoaccompaniedLeb-

oto, said shesawoneof theassailants

in the pharmacymoments before the

drop-off. She suspects that he saw the

money being handed to Leboto.

A spokesperson for Mediclinic

Vergelegen confirmed that Leboto is

stable and is recovering from the at-

tack, although it is not known when

he will be discharged.

According to Lieutenant Colonel

Andr Traut, spokesperson for the

provincial police, a case of robbery

andattemptedmurder isbeing inves-

tigated and no arrests have yet been

made.

The other incident occurred at

13:30 onFridaywhenDanieBotha al-

legedly fired shots at his former girl-

friendintheparkinglotat theVillage

Shopping Centre in Gordons Bay.

According to Sergeant Chrisy

Young, acting spokesperson for the

Gordons BayPolice, thewomanwas

in the back of a BMW that was being

reversed out of a parking bay, when

Botha fired a shot at her and shat-

tered one of the windows.

Young says the victims daughter

and son-in-law were with her in the

carat the time.Thepair got out of the

vehicle and wrestled Botha to the

ground, seizing the firearm.

Botha, originally from Port Eliza-

beth,wasarrestedforattemptedmur-

der, domestic violence, anddischarg-

ing a firearm while under the influ-

ence of alcohol and in public. He

appeared in the Strand Magistrates

Court on Monday and was released

onR1 000bail.Thecasehasbeenpost-

poned to 5 September.

The victim had apparently been in

a three-year relationship with Botha

before he kicked her out of his home

two weeks ago.

GORDONS

BAY

Top photo: Danie Botha is arrested after the shooting in the parking lot

at the Village Shopping Centre in Gordons Bay. Second photo: Lieuten

ant Charles Riffel of the Somerset West Police and members of Vetus

Schola/Helderberg Crime Watch at the scene in Main Road, Somerset

West where Atang Leboto was shot. PHOTOS: JAMEY GORDON

SOMERSET

WEST

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A navy blue Opel vehicle

caught alight on the cor

ner of Sarel Cilliers Street

and Aerodrome Way, in

front of Strand High

School at around 12:00

on Friday 20 June. The

Strand Fire Brigade was

called out to the scene

and managed to extin

guish the fire. The driver

of the Opel escaped the

blaze uninjured, said

Strand Fire Department

spokesperson Liezel

Moody.PHOTO: CASSY VAN

EEDEN & TASEEM KHAN

R44000 lost in fake coin scam

CASSY VAN EEDEN

The owner of a commercial div-

ing business in Strand, Trevor

Bailey, was conned out of a total

of R44 000 by a local resident,

Jacques Gerber.

Bailey laid a charge of fraud

againstGerberonceherealised that

Gerber had sold him aKruger Rand

and five fake gold coinswith former

president NelsonMandelas face on

them.

Gerber was arrested on Saturday

14 June and after appearing in the

Strand Magistrates Court on 17

Junehewasremandedinpolicecus-

tody and sent to Pollsmoor Prison.

He currently has three charges

against him at the Strand Magis-

tratesCourt.Whenhewas arrested

on the charge of fraud, he was also

charged with possession of suspect-

ed stolen property, possession of

drugs and possession of fraudulent

documents relating to coins.

Bailey said that Gerber initially

approached him in January this

year with uncut diamonds for sale.

With a history of having worked in

the SAPSs diamond and gold unit

in the 80s, Bailey said that he had

no interest in the diamonds. Uncut

diamondsholdno attraction forme,

its a dirty industry.

Gerber then sold Bailey a Kruger

Rand, which he said was worth

R14 000, for a special price of

R8 000. Gerber claimed that he was

desperate for themoney and that he

hadabuyer linedupwhowouldbuy

theKrugerRand fromBailey for the

full price.

Bailey suspects that the Kruger

Rand was fake, but before he could

verify this, Gerber then asked for

the Kruger Rand to be returned to

him so that he could sell it. Bailey

has yet to see his money.

Gerber also sold gold Mandela

coins to Bailey.

Smelling a rat, Bailey decided to

contact theScoinShopintheSomer-

set Mall, who confirmed that the

coins were in fact part of a promo-

tional range that they distribute in

order to attract business to the

store.

Gerber appeared for a bail hear-

ingat theStrandMagistratesCourt

on Tuesday 24 June and at the time

of going to print, the outcome of the

hearing was unknown.

One of the gold Mandela coins that

Jacques Gerber sold to Trevor Bai

ley for thousands of rands, which

are in fact only promotional items

manufactured by a local coin com

pany. PHOTO: TREVOR BAILEY

CRIME SNIPPETS

) FIVE SUSPECTED BURGLARS

ARRESTED

Members of the SomersetWest Po-

lice arrested five men in connection

with two recent burglaries at a high

school. The burglaries occurred be-

tween 26 and 29 May. Items such as

power tools, 10 computers and com-

puter equipment were stolen.

Three computers were recovered

fromabusinessman inParow, two in

Rusthof, Strand and two in Garden

Village, Somerset West.

BranwellJacobs(30),JasonBurger

(25), Johannes Fortuin (23) and Nico

de Goede (34) were arrested for bur-

glary. Moses Ngubane was arrested

for purchasing stolen property.

Themenappeared in the Somerset

West Magistrates Court on Tuesday

17 June. The case is postponed until

30 June.

All of the men are in custody at

Pollsmoor Prison until their next ap-

pearance.

Anyonewith information can con-

tact Detective SergeantNolanFisher

on 021 850 1359.

) POLICE REQUEST PUBLIC AS-

SISTANCE

TheSomersetWestPoliceareseek-

ing the publics assistance regarding

an incident where a 61-year-old man

was stabbedwhilewalking inDrama

Street on Friday 20 June.

The incident occurred at about

17:50 when the elderly man was ap-

proachedbyanothermandemanding

money. When the elderly mans as-

sailantrealisedthathehadnomoney,

he revealed a sharp object.

Themanwas transported to hospi-

tal for medical treatment.

Anyonewith information can con-

tact Detective Warrant Officer Han-

nes Niemand on 021 850 1401.

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Frustrasie inMacassarkookoor

DELIAH BRINKHUIS

Behuisingsproteste inMacassarhetDins-

dag gewelddadig geraak toe inwoners en

wetstoepassers slaags geraak het.

Die betoging het Maandag begin toe lede

van die Macassar Village Outreach-projek

die oggend n tweede petisie aan raadslid

John Heuvel by die munisipale kantore wou

oorhandig omdie insluiting vanLwandle-in-

woners in n beplande behuisingsprojek vir

Macassar teen te staan.

Patricia de Lille, burgemeester van Kaap-

stad, het vroer die maand ges di behui-

singsprojek sal voorsiening maak vir inwo-

ners van Lwandle, insluitend Sollys Town,

Greenfields, Pholile Park, Wag n Bietjie en

die onlangs-afgesettes van die Sanral-grond,

asook inwoners van agterplase in Macassar.

Volgens Elizabeth Adams, voorsitter van

Macassar Village Outreach, is n petisie met

sowat 400namedie vorigeMaanda