UPDATE: Heartfelt tribute paid to slain Prospecton businessman

A Durban private investigator has paid tribute to the man who was shot dead in ambush outside his Prospecton business yesterday morning  (Friday, 1 June).

READ IT HERE: JUST IN: Man shot dead in Prospecton

The Stroude Place murder was carried out by an unknown number of gunmen in a black VW Polo, who fled the scene without taking anything. They apparently called out the name of Steve Celliers, businessman and owner of SJ Logistics in Prospecton, before they shot him several times. He was declared dead at the scene.

HERE’S THE UPDATE: Police confirm nothing stolen in fatal Prospecton ambush shooting

In a Facebook post titled ‘Helpless/hopeless’, private investigator Brad Nathanson said: “As I stood over my mate Steve Celliers’ body yesterday where he lay in the street, gunned down by lawless cowards who didn’t even have the stones to alight the car in which they were driving, I have never felt so helpless or so hopeless for the future of our country.”

Nathanson described his friend as “a giant of a man (whose death) leaves behind loved ones and the employment future of scores of staff. He was a provider to many but his life was cut short”.

Offering his condolences to the Celliers family, he said: “I am so sorry Steve. I am sorry you had to die. I am sorry for the pain for those you have left behind and I am mostly sorry for the fact that our government, despite everything, is yet to show us law-abiding citizens that it is taking crime seriously, beginning with expedient trials and long sentences.”

In another social media post, Andreas Mathios said: Another senseless shooting in Isipingo claims the life of a well respected community member, formerly from Westville, taken in the prime of his life.

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