ROBERTSHAM – Cable thief in Harry Street, Robertsham was electrocuted this morning around 04:00 when he tried to steal live electric cables.

He was stuck between the cables as he got burnt. “The fire brigade team is struggling to put the body down as he is stuck there,” said one of the eyewitnesses.

Byron Vanrensburg wrote of the COURIER facebook page, “Cable thief hangs from lamppost in Harry Street trying to steal cables. Instant death.”

Cable theft is rife in the South, almost now and then; thieves steal cables and inconvenienced other residents.

Update will follow.