Diner (30) stabbed by waiter
Confronting the child minder turned into assault in the parking lot, according to wife.
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A man (30) allegedly was assaulted while he and his family were dining at a well-known franchise restaurant in Westgate Shopping Centre on Saturday evening 19 April.
After being hit by a waiter in the restaurant, Breda van Schoor claims also to have been assaulted and stabbed by the waiter and a gang of people in the shopping centre parking area just after 8pm. Avené van Schoor alleges that other waiters, some from a restaurant opposite the one where the Van Schoor family dined, as well as car guards formed part of the gang that assaulted her husband. This followed his confronting the restaurant’s child minder.
“Our son (2) was playing in the [name withheld until comment is obtained] play area and the woman who was supposed to supervise the children was not present.
“I went to look for her in the restaurant where I found her talking to one of the waiters. I confronted her.
“She said she would be back with the children soon and when my husband later noticed that she still was not on her post, he also went to confront her.
“I don’t know what was said but if I understood my husband’s account correctly, a waiter then hit him from behind and rushed out of the restaurant.”
To her the evening was chaotic and she does not know how it escalated, but her husband then allegedly was assaulted outside the shopping centre.
“A gang of people, including the waiter, assaulted him – they beat him up, hit him with a pipe and stabbed him.”
She says that when her husband called out that the gang was robbing him of his possessions, a man rushed to his rescue.
“When he finally was let go of, his wallet and cellphone were gone.”
Van Schoor was treated for the stab wounds to his hands at Life Flora Clinic.
His father-in-law later said to the record, “Whatever the situation was, it didn’t warrant the attack on my son-in-law”. He said that the family would open a case of attempted murder against the waiter.
“If you go to the station you will go to jail”
Avené van Schoor says that the police members who attended the assault scene were “devastatingly unprofessional”. She told the record that they were not wearing their name badges and refused to give their names to the couple. They also allegedly did not take statements but simply handed over some forms for her husband to fill in.
“He told them that they had to do their paperwork themselves, and after some discussion asked whether he could be escorted to the police station where he would open a case.
“They told him that if he were to go to the station, he would go to jail.”
The couple was asked for their contact details and told that they would be contacted if the police had any further information. To date, a case had not been opened and the couple had not heard from the police. She says that a police captain whom they had contacted later obtained CCTV footage of the incident from Westgate Shopping Centre’s central management. The couple were denied access to the footage without a case number, but according to her, the restaurant manager was granted access to it.
“He later admitted to the captain that he was trying to delete the footage.”
I’v seen that roodepoort police station do not help the puplic in n very good manner the puplic must do there job for them
Can not believe this what does the manager says about this don’t think I will support a place like this .won’t feel save there
Never eating at spur or Ocean basket at Westgate EVER again!!!!
Wil net oepienie gee oor die mes steek storie ek weet nie waar na toe gaan ons nie want die poliesie help nie baie graag nie so ek weet nie waar voor hulle daar is nie want hulle is uintlik daar om ons te help maar hulle wil ons nie help nie
I think we are screwed in this country. We will not get any help especially if the offence is against a black person. Iv. Been there. You just don’t win
Ek was desember aangerand ekt n saak gaan oop maak en die polisie by Roodepoort SAPD het hulle tyd gevat die persoon was eers in maart gearesteer en ek moes ook self my dokumente uit sorteer dis absoluut pateties.
THIS is DISGUSTING!!!!!!!! I hope those men wrot in jail!!!! They have no idea what they put that family through and I hope they catch ALL the involved people at SPUR and the other restaurants!!!!!can’t believe that people can just watch end do nothing!!!!
Agree, this is disgusting! The sad story is that they get paid to do NOTHING but more harm to us! They out to break us…..but they will slip up some day some way!!!! I hate going to Westgate any how! Breda an family – we trust things will work out for you and a speedy recovery.
i was there that evening, incl outside and somehow this story does not sum up the events
that i witnessed… oh well CCTV footage will come out… if racist remarks are thrown around, people are ganna stand together…
why was the alcohol levels of the father and his son not mentioned or the racist remarks that were thrown around? being pregnant and trying to avoid him hitting a security guard that was trying to help… u could smell it a mile away… this story is not exactly what happened that night