Pit Bull against man case continues
The case against the man involved in a business robbery, and attacked by a Pit Bull terrier continues, after he appeared in Court on Monday.
Gopolang Chawane
The alleged thief who was severely injured in a pit bull attack in The Reeds, Centurion, remains under police guard, police said on Tuesday.
Wierdabrug police spokesperson Captain Agnes Huma said the suspect appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Monday on a business robbery charge.
Huma said this was the man’s second appearance, and that more information on the case would follow.
She said Molopo Molefe (33) had not been granted bail.
“Molefe suffered severe injuries in the attack and was sent to a local hospital for treatment under police guard,” said Huma
Molefe was arrested in The Reeds on Friday three weeks ago, after the dog attack.
Resident and Pit Bull owner, Billy Maclead said he was outside the house servicing a bicycle at 04:50 when he spotted Molefe in his yard attempting to steal.
“As I looked up, to my surprise there was a man in the yard. He had not seen me,” said Macloed.
“I yelled and chased him to the front yard gate where my dog followed.”
Macloed said the man stopped mid-way as though attempting to fight him.
“What people do not know is that we have specially trained our babies (dogs) to follow commands. After signalling her to attack she took hold of the man to bring him to the ground as he was about to jump the fence.
“We brought him down and pinned him to the ground. My dog had taken hold of his leg and he was frantically trying to escape.
“Our other dog joined the commotion and also latched onto the man,” Macloed said.
“My wife arrived on the scene in a frenzy and I told her to fetch the choker chains for me to restrain the dogs.
“As I attempted to remove the first one it nipped my finger in the heat of the moment.
“Nowhere did anyone lose a finger,” he said.
After Macloed had removed the dogs, the intruder attempted to flee again but injured himself further trying to scale and jump off the fence.
Macloed said at that point the neighbours had heard the commotion and came out to investigate.
One of the neighbours pressed a panic button and a security firm soon arrived.
Macloed said: “As the man was on top of the fence, trying to jump, one of the neighbours got hold of him and pulled him down to the outside of the property.”
“He was held there and I asked him what he was doing in my yard. The intruder said he was never in my yard, but to my surprise, my laptop which I had left in my office on my property was perfectly placed outside the fence, meaning the man had come inside, took my laptop, and was attempting to steal something else.”
Macleod said it was disturbing to know the intruder was standing a few meters from where his wife had been moments earlier.
“That is the scary part,” he said.
“My babies (three Pit Bulls) are well-trained and are not ‘man-aggressive dogs’ or ‘people-violent’, as you can see for yourself,” he told Rekord.
“We opened a case of business robbery at the Wierdabrug police station,” said Macloed.
Wierdabrug spokesperson Captain Agnes Huma said according to a police report the intruder was trying to flee with a laptop.
She said: “A case of burglary has been opened at Wierdabrug police station and the man was still under police guard in hospital where he was being treated for his serious injuries.”
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