Pensioner at wit’s end with stolen ID woes
To date, he has not received any communication from the police.
A Toti pensioner is at his wit’s end trying to replaced his ID after it was stolen in a hijacking last year.
Bob Cameron (75) said he and his wife, Linda (67) were hijacked outside their Eland Avenue home last January.
Although he was informed by a Blue Security officer that their Chevrolet Spark was recovered in KwaMakhutha the next morning, the police said they had no record of the vehicle being recovered.
Only after the Sun contacted Toti SAPS was it confirmed by the communication officer, Captain Charlene van der Spuy that his vehicle had been recovered and was at the Isipingo pound for forensic investigation.
She promised the investigating officer (IO) would make contact with Bob to identify his vehicle and issue him with a release form to get it back, which he never did.
In desperation, he and his wife went to the Isipingo pound a month after the hijacking took place and after spending almost six hours there, his vehicle was finally returned to him.
To date, he has not received any communication from the police except countless messages to inform him of the investigating officer assigned
to his case.
“I had to spend R20,000 to replace what was stolen from inside. This included the radio, spare wheel, my ID, battery, seat covers, jack and tow cables. Fortunately I was insured,” said Bob.
“In September I went to re-license the car, but they wouldn’t as it was still circulated as stolen. I had to go back and forth from the pound to the police station before the car was cleared and I could re-licence it at the end of September.”
In March Bob went to get a new ID, but they would only issue him with a two-month temporary ID.
“The bank won’t give me a loan and I can’t get into my accounts as they don’t accept temporary IDs. If I die, my wife won’t even be able to bury me without an ID.
I’m sick of the whole thing. I don’t know what my next step forward is,” said Bob, who suffers from a bad heart and refuses to go back and stand in the queue at Home Affairs.
“I’m not paying anymore money. I don’t know what to do.”
