This week we look at the Advertiser’s February 7, 2003, edition.
• “That’s my bike!”
“It felt great to get my bike back!” says the Springs court’s senior prosecutor, Kobus Rademeyer.
After coming home from work last Monday, he was ready to hop onto his bicycle to go for a ride.
When he opened the garage door, however, he was shocked to find that his bike was nowhere in sight.
“Someone had opened my garage door and stolen it while I was at work.”
Passing a secondhand store a few days later, Rademeyer says he noticed a bicycle resembling that of his own for sale inside the shop.
“I reclaimed it from the owner after presenting my ID and completing a few formalities,” says the lucky man.
The prosecutor has opened a case of housebreaking and theft at the local police station.
“I felt great,” laughs Rademeyer.
Also read: Delving into the past
• Man’s legs crushed in Strubenvale crash
The driver of a motorbike had his leg smashed following a serious accident on Friday afternoon.
The collision involved the bike and a Volkswagen Golf at the intersection of Victoria and Ermelo roads in Strubenvale at around 1.45pm.
The authorities say that the Golf was turning into Victoria Road and the bike was coming straight over the crossing from Ermelo Road when the two collided.
The man’s right leg was seriously injured and he was still recovering in hospital at the time of going to press.
Metro police say that no other serious injuries were reported.
• Gun-toters arrested
A couple may have been stopped short of committing a crime by police last week.
A 45-year-old-man and his wife were arrested for being in possession of firearms and ammunition in Vosloorus last Wednesday after the East Rand Murder and Robbery Unit received a tip-off.
An illegal 9mm pistol, two Ak-47s and ammunition were seized.
Police are now investigating whether the two were preparing to use the guns to commit a crime.
Also read: Delving into the past
• Thieves leave a hole in the wall
Off-the-wall thieves proved that they were no longer deterred by brick and mortar.
Last Thursday morning, Maans Swart of WH Services arrived at work to discover a gaping hole in the wall of his Strubenvale workshop and an empty spot where his 1-ton, R50 000 welding machine used to stand.
“You think your things are safe behind a wall,” says Swart ruefully, “but thieves managed to pull down my wall without even setting the alarm off.
“Clearly, they must have known exactly what they wanted.”
Swart alerted the police and set out to search local scrapyards to no avail.
He will now have to replace the machine, which he describes as the backbone of his business, while he waits for the insurance company to payout.
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