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Man in North West court on multiple charges

───   11:42 Mon, 19 Aug 2019

Man in North West court on multiple charges | News Article

A 32-year-old man accused of murder was due to appear in the Rustenburg Magistrate's Court on Monday to apply for bail.


Police spokesperson Captain Elsabe Augoustides said Isaac Moruane, who used many names including Thato Motsepe, was arrested at Rustenburg taxi rank on July 24.

"The accused, who has appeared several times in court, was arrested after a tip-off was received from members of the community.  Further investigation revealed that the suspect has been using different identities and aliases such “Black”, “Boleke” and “Chimama”.

"According to information available at this stage, reports suggests that the accused is linked to four other counts of attempted murder that were allegedly committed in and around Sondela informal settlement and Meriting in the policing precinct of Boitekong."

She said in one of the incidents in May 2019, a man was allegedly shot at multiple times while on the street at Sondela informal settlement. In another incident in June, four males who were sitting inside a car in Meriting, sustained multiple gunshot wounds after allegedly being shot by Motsepe and a group of men.

"It is alleged the victims were inside the car when a group of approximately six men including Motsepe got out of a minibus taxi and fired shots at the victims. Despite more than 20 empty cartridges which were found on the scene, all four victims survived," she said.

"The accussed also has a pending murder case which was withdrawn after the witness allegedly disappeared. It was reported at the time of the incident that the accused who was known as Thato Motsepe, allegedly shot and killed a man on Tuesday, 10 March 2015 in Sunrise Park, Extension 9, Boitekong."


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