A 25-year-old man will spend the next few years of his life behind bars after he was recently found guilty of robbery with aggravating circumstances in the Brakpan Magistrate’s Court.
The man, Mathews Mxolisi Thenjayo, hijacked a disabled pensioner at knife-point in the parking area of Mall@Carnival on March 9, last year.
The hijacking took place at 10.45am, near Entrance Six.
Read the story here: Disabled pensioner hijacked at mall
Thenjayo approached the wheelchair-bound man, who was 64 years old at the time of the incident – and threatened him with a knife.
He then got into the victim’s car – a white Volkswagen Polo – and drove off.
Members of the community, who witnessed the hijacking, managed to stop the vehicle.
They pulled the keys from the ignition and tried to apprehend Thenjayo, but he evaded capture.
He was eventually caught by security guards and handed over to police.
The case was successfully investigated by Det Sgt Sibusiso Xaba from the Brakpan CID.
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