www.roodepoortrecord.co.za.co Friday, 6 November 2020 RoodepoortRoRoodo eeppoooortrt Record/NorthsiderReco @RoodepoortNorth [email protected] Distribution: 27 000 Watch your PagePag newspaper 12 PagePagage come alive! 4 Northsider Heist ends in tragedy readers shared their views on Three G4S employees arrested Facebook: Sanchia Williams: “We tired of living Amy Slocombe of the security guards had sustained minor soft- arrested after being brought in for questioning. [email protected] like this , we tired tissue injuries, which were treated on scene Gauteng HAWKS spokesperson, Captain of loosing innocent before he was taken to hospital for further care. Ndivhuwo Mulamu said that the three men ppl...when is this Delarey — The start to the weekend was The tragedy that shook Roodepoort came a aged 25, 28 and 40 will be facing charges of government going dampened by a dark cloud of fear, anger few minutes later, when ER24 received a call murder, armed robbery, conspiracy to commit to do something and sadness after a cash-in-transit heist left about a shooting on 14th Avenue. armed robbery, possession of suspected stolen about the law in a well-known First Help driver fatally shot They arrived to fi nd the beloved community money, perjury, and defeating the ends of this country...we on the morning of 30 October. member and First Help driver, Shane Williams, justice. had enough our ppl are being slain daily... Twelve thugs, driving in four diff erent cars, who had been fatally shot. Shane’s First Help While G4S has not responded to the arrests, Enough is Enough...RIP to a fallen soldier allegedly opened fi re on the armoured vehicle colleagues referred to him as the most kind and a spokesperson for the company, Dani Cohen, may God be with his family....this has got to with pistols and rifl es as it was travelling along helpful man anyone could meet. said they were increasingly concerned about stop.” Ontdekkers Road towards Hendrik Potgieter The Directorate for Priority Crime the overall level of CIT crime in the country Letitia Els: “He was indeed a funny & good Road. The vehicle then came to a stop and the Investigation (HAWKS) confi rmed that and consequently introduced a hoard of safety person. R.i.p Shane.” robbers allegedly instructed the guards to lie down. approximately R3,2 million was found and precautionarypy measures to tackle TonyTony Doubell: “We bail out SAA when we Various law-enforcement agencies including hidden in dustbins on premises near where thethe issue.issue. need more and a better police system... forensics, TRT, provincial and local police the armoured vehicle was attacked, ass well go fi gure.” were quick to respond to the scene. When as under the seat of the armoured vehicle.icle. IInn Ettiene Schwan:Schwan So sad to hear... ER24 paramedics arrived, they found that one the aftermath, three G4S security guardsrds were Condolences to Family, Friends and coworkers.”coworkers CarolCarol de Koning:K “So heartsore...just a nnormal friday and it turns out like this...That is so sad....someone earning his bread and Colleagues butterbbut and doesn’t see the rest referred to him of thethhe day.”da JacqueleenJacquele Crane: “So sorry for as the most kind youryour loss.los May his soul rest in and helpful man peace.”peace BarbaraBar Wood: “Becoming anyone could the wild west.” meet Nasrena Joseph: “I dont blame them ....the temptation is super high rather Scan for video they then being killed for the money.” The armoured vehicle stopped on the side of the road. Photo: Siso Naile. 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Krugersdorp Magistrates’ Court on ground,” he lamented. After the assault, he Neighbouring residents on Echo Street Wednesday, 28 October. said, they called an ambulance which took him alerted local emergency services after they The heavy-set men, who are out on bail, to Leratong Hospital. After being discharged had noticed mysterious smoke coming from were arrested on 8 September and charged from hospital on 31 August, Dladla said he the property that morning. with attempted murder limped to the station to open Prior to the arrival of ER24, local security and assault with intent a case. provider EC Security was dispatched to the to cause grievous bodily Spokesperson for the premises to investigate the matter and douse harm after allegedly station, Constable Boitumelo the fi re. assaulting Goodwill Five men ambushed Sehloho confi rmed the case, The EC Response Account Manager, Dladla, 43, who worked him and took him to saying that the suspects Miguel Boaventura told the Northsider that for them as a mine guard aged between 25 and 38 on arrival, some of his colleagues were in Muldersdrift. a dark corner of the were arrested, charged and already on the premises trying to break a Dladla opened a case detained at the station on window to let the smoke out. “From there of assault at Muldersdrift site, and assaulted 8 September. The suspects we managed to break a side window to gain Police Station on 31 him initially appeared in court access to the house where we found the couch August after spending two on 9 September and were on fi re. The man who had died was also weeks in hospital. He claimed he was brutally released on R1 500 bail each, pending further found in the kitchen,” he said. assaulted by his superiors earlier in August. investigations. ER24’s Russel Meiring whose paramedics An anguished and scarred Dladla told the On Wednesday, 28 October they reappeared arrived after the fi re had been extinguished, Northsider that on 17 August the fi ve men in court only briefl y and their case was said nothing could be done for the victim and ambushed him and took him to a dark corner postponed to 11 November for the court to Assault victim Goodwill Dladla shows the he was declared dead on the scene. of the site where he worked, and assaulted obtain copies of the docket. injuries to his upper body caused by being The man, said be in his 60s, was reported him viciously to a point where his leg was This is a developing story. shot with rubber bullets at close range. to have been found lying in the kitchen area, broken. He claimed the assault stemmed from apparently attempting to exit the house. allegations that he had been behind the theft However, since being confi ned into a of cables at work. “When they took me to the wheelchair, he apparently was met with secluded area, my boss started questioning diffi culties while trying to escape. me about cable theft,” he claimed. He said Boaventura reported that the fi re broke out after denying any involvement, the alleged in the early hours of the morning, and the ‘punishment’ started. “They started kicking man died not because of severe burns, but of and punching me until I found a gap to smoke inhalation. escape,” he recollected. “The cause of the fi re is speculated to have However, Dladla claimed that his escape been an electrical fault which caused the was short-lived as he was chased and tackled couch to catch fi re,” he said. to the ground by one of the men. “At this He added that the much older woman point, my boss came up and jumped on my who shared the premises with the victim right leg with both feet – breaking it instantly. fortunately was not in the house during the After that I was helpless and couldn’t walk,” ordeal. he alleged. The long, stitched wound that runs across his thigh all the way to his knee. This is a developing story. 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