Update: 10 October: An ambulance took over three hours to show up to the scene where a man was beaten unconcious outside a popular pub in Westonaria.
This according to Hugo Maré, the owner of the popular local hangout, Shooters.
According to Maré, no-one is quite sure what happened at this stage.
“The man, who is known to me and a family friend, was intoxitated and making trouble at my pub,” says Maré.
“Someone did slap him at one point, but he was not assaulted as far as I know.
“He was chases out of the pub.”
Maré says that as far as he knows, the man then went to another local pub where he continued to make trouble until he was also chased away.
“He came back here later and he continued making trouble.
“At one point he received another slap from someone, but then he was once again chased out.
“I do not know what exactly happened outside, but one of my patrons discovered him lying outside and saw that he was seriously injured.
“EPR Security, the police, and an ambulance were called and the person cared for the injured man all the while while waiting.”
Maré says both EPR security and the police showed up after a short while, but that the ambulance only showed up three hours later.
According to a police report, the man died shortly after arriving at hospital.
Could this be due to the slow response of the ambulance?
Watch this space as this story develops.
10 October: The Herald has received reports that a man had allegedly been beaten to death at a popularWestonaria pub on 5 October.
According to a source, the man was at the pub having a drink when he got into an argument with another patron.
A fistfight apparently ensued and the man was beaten unconcious.
According to the source, the man was thought to have been knocked out, and the pub’s patrons continued to drink.
Only later, when someone had become worried that the man had not moved at all, was it discovered that he was seriously injured.
Westonaria police confirmed on 10 October that upon their arrival at the scene, they found a man lying outside the pub.
“No motive for the assault has yet been established and no suspects have been arrested,” says Westonaria SAPS spokesperson, Constable Thembi Masango.
Masango says that the victim was taken to a local hospital, where he later died.
A case of murder has been opened and is being investigated.
The Herald is in the process of getting hold of a representative of the pub.
Watch this space for more as this story develops.
