NINETEEN MEMBERS OF A GANG APPEAR IN COURT.
REPORTER: TSHEPO C MOLOTO: A total of nineteen Hollanders gang members appeared in the Kimberley Magistrates’ Court, where they are facing 56 charges. These serious charges include rape, murder, numerous counts of attempted murder, conspiracy to commit the offence of murder, kidnapping, unlawful possession of ammunition, unlawful possession of firearms, assault to do grievous bodily harm, assault, malicious damage to property, fraud, aiding and abetting of criminal gang activity, bringing or performing acts of violence or criminal activities by a criminal gang, hindering and obstructing police members, and threatening police members with violence.
It is alleged that during the period August 2020 to February 2023, in the areas of Kimberley as well as Kuruman, the accused being active participants of a criminal gang, did wrongfully and unlawfully aid and abet criminal activities for the benefit of their criminal gang called the “Hollanders”.
The arrests of these nineteen accused emanated from extensive multi-disciplined investigations that were led by the Hacks and other Police Units and guided by the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions in the Northern Cape, Senior Advocates, and Senior Prosecutors. As investigations are ongoing, additional arrests and charges might be added to the current case.
The matter was adjourned for Legal Aid services and postponed to 31 May 2023, all accused are remanded in custody until their next court date.
