According to Sgt Nellie Dwaba (spokesperson) the complainant is a 31-year-old foreign national female who told police that she was at her house in Hutchinson Street around 14:00 when she received a visit from her ex-husband (against whom she had filed a restraining order previously).
The complainant told police that the ex-husband was insisting they get back together, but she denied him access to her residence and told him to leave. She immediately reported the incident to the police, as she feared for her life.
“She later received a telephone call from her boyfriend (Chris Mawtse) who asked if he could visit her that evening. The complainant however, told him not to visit her that evening, as the ex-husband was in the area and she feared for both their lives,” Sgt Dwaba said.
The ex-husband reportedly returned to her house around 20:00 and the complainant once again told him to leave. She received a cellphone message from Mawtse around 21:30, saying he was on his way to see her.
“The complainant said she heard noises and footsteps and went outside to investigate. She saw two people in the dark and recognised both her ex-husband and her boyfriend. The next moment she saw her ex-husband running away, while her boyfriend was holding his chest.”
When she approached him, her boyfriend collapsed to the ground. He was later declared deceased by emergency services personnel and the suspect was arrested by the police. He is being charged with murder and appeared in Nigel Magistrate’s Court.
ACKERMANS ROBBERY – NIGEL
In another incident, the police are also investigating a business robbery, following an incident that occurred at Ackermans Nigel in Hendrik Verwoerd Street on July 25.
According to police spokesperson Sgt Nellie Dwaba, the store manager was enganged in conversation with a technician who was repairing one of the cash registers, when she noticed a male approaching her. The suspect produced a firearm and told her to go to the back office.
When they reached the office, another two suspects joined them and demanded that she opened the safe, but she told them that she did not have the keys, as they are kept with the security company.
She was then demanded to open the cellphone display cabinet where the suspects took approximately 50 cellphones and placed them in a bag. At that point, the store manager noted another three armed men behind the pay point area, where they opened and cleaned out the cash registers.
According to Sgt Dwaba, the suspects raised their firearms, pointed it towards the staff members and threatened to shoot and kill everyone inside the store.
They made off with the stolen cellphones and an undisclosed amount of cash in two get-away vehicles decribed as a brown VW Polo and a grey/silver Toyota Corolla.
No arrests have been made and the police are appealing to anyone that may know the suspects or their whereabouts, to phone SAPS Nigel on 011 812 6503.
ACKERMANS ROBBERY – HEIDELBERG
SAPS Heidelberg are investigating a case of business robbery, following an incident that occurred at Ackermans at the Shoprite centre on July 27.
According to Capt Thivhulawi Tshilate (corporate communication), the robbery occurred around 10:00 and was executed by four males.
“Two suspects entered the store and produced firearms which they pointed at employees. They shouted that it was a robbery and that everyone should move to the storeroom at the back of the store. Another suspect then entered the store while the fourth was waiting outside in a get-away vehicle, which is described as a grey Toyota Corolla with registration number BT51WTGP,” Capt Tshilate said.
One of the employees was forced to unlock the cellphone display cabinet and the cash registers, which was swiftly emptied out by the suspects.
They made off with various brands of cellphones and an undisclosed amount of cash.
Police are appealing to anyone with information about the whereabouts of the suspects or anyone who know the suspects involved in the robbery, to phone SAPS Heidelberg on 016 341 0343/0350 or SAPS Crime Stop on 08600 1011.
