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COP IMPLICATED IN WESTBURY GANG KILLINGS!

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 Residents shutdown Westbury following the death of a mother who was caught in a gang shooting crossfire. Picture: Rosetta Msimango/citypress
Residents shutdown Westbury following the death of a mother who was caught in a gang shooting crossfire. Picture: Rosetta Msimango/citypress

The survivors of an alleged gang war in Westbury have implicated two suspected gang members and a police officer in a shooting earlier this year that left them injured and their friend dead.

This emerged during a bail application in the murder trial of Leroy "Finch" Brown and co-accused Christopher "Pitso" Charles in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Thursday.

Brown is alleged to be the leader of the Varados gang, which is apparently at war with the Fast Guns.

Brown and Charles are facing charges of murder, attempted murder, and the possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition. They were arrested earlier this month.

On Thursday, they were joined by a third co-accused, Warrant Officer Wynand Steyn from Sophiatown police station, who was arrested on Tuesday.

 

Under cross-examination from Brown's lawyer, Jannie Kruger, investigating officer Warrant Officer Vincent Saunders testified that Brown and Charles were implicated by two witnesses as the ones who opened fire on them at Agatha flats in Newclare on April 21, 2016.

Their friend, Reagan Jacobs, was shot dead.

It is alleged that Jacobs was a member of the Fast Guns gang.

The two witnesses survived the shooting and were hospitalised for two months.

Saunders, who is a member of the anti-gang unit, said he began investigating the case on May 14.

He added that the two witnesses, whose identities cannot be revealed in court, gave the police statements that on April 21, 2016, they were with Jacobs at Agatha flats when a marked police vehicle with four occupants drove past them and stopped.

Saunders said the witnesses, in their statements, claimed that they saw an armed Brown emerging from the vehicle. He allegedly charged at them, while Charles approached them from behind. The two men then allegedly opened fire on them.

Saunders continued that the witnesses said they saw Brown running away and jumping back into the marked police vehicle. Charles remained on the scene, loaded his firearm and opened fire in the direction of people's homes.

"One of the two witnesses said he saw a policeman called Steyn was one of the occupants in the marked police vehicle. Another witness was at home watching television. Upon hearing the gunshots, the witness peeped through the window and saw Brown at the scene," said Saunders.

This was Steyn's first appearance since his arrest, and he is expected to appear in a separate court for his own, separate bail application. This was because his two co-accused's bail application was already underway.

All three are expected back in the dock on June 21.

https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/survivors-implicate-alleged-gang-leaders-cop-in-fatal-shooting-20190620

 

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