One man has been sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment after he was found guilty of business robbery.
According to a statement by the spokesperson for the Midrand Police Station Sergeant Matome Tlamela, the incident in question occurred on 2 November 2018 at about 9am, when a Kyalami business owner arrived at his shop in order to pay one of his employees their salary.
The pair were in the upstairs office section of the business when three men, one armed with a knife and a second armed with a firearm entered the premises.
The men ordered the business owner to lie down on the ground before ransacking the office, taking the employee’s R2 000 salary payment before ordering the shop owner to take them to his home in the Waterfall area. At the house, the men stole two safes (containing jewellery, company credit cards and legal documents) worth an estimated R800 000. The men then fled the scene.
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On 3 November, one day after the robbery, Midrand police received information from an informer which allowed them to trace the suspects to the Olivenhoutbosch and arrest all three.
When the matter went to trial, two of the three suspects were acquitted, while the third was found in possession of the stolen items and sentenced to 13 years’ direct imprisonment. He was not named by police in the provided statement.
“Management [of the police station] would like to acknowledge the expertise and good work if Detective Sergeant Lekgoba Kgadima for working on the docket and ensuring that the accused is sentenced.”
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