Jaco Marais
Cape Town lawyer William Booth s house was scouted several times before three gangsters tried to kill him.
On one occasion, two of the gangsters got high in the bushes before the hit, but one fell into a hole and hurt his leg.
He had to go to Groote Schuur Hospital for treatment, annoying the prison gangster who ordered the hit.
The details of the attempted hit on Cape Town lawyer William Booth were released in an unexpected plea and sentencing agreement in the Cape Town Regional Court on Friday.
However, instead of a sleek coterie of assassins, the mission turned out to be almost impossible as the hitman fell into a hole in bushes near Booth s house after getting high during one of the attempts.
The remaining accused, Zane Kilian, will stand trial alone.
The case relates to a shooting at Booth s house in April 2020.
The accused faced charges relating to gang activity, as well as charges of conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder, the illegal possession of a firearm and the illegal possession of ammunition.
Springs debt collector, Kilian, was joined to the case after his arrest in connection with the murder of Anti-Gang Unit detective Charl Kinnear, who was shot dead on 18 September 2020.
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The baby was taken to a social development facility at the ACVV.
Police have arrested a man and a woman believed to be the parents of the three-month-old baby found abandoned at a bus station in Montague Gardens, Milnerton.
The man, 23, and woman, 20, were arrested on Wednesday after a baby girl believed to be theirs, was discovered at a bus stop in Omuramba road on Monday.
Police spokesperson Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana said the couple were arrested for alleged child abandonment and are due to appear in the Cape Town Magistrate s Court on Friday.
Police said the baby was taken to a social development facility at the ACVV (Afrikaanse Christelike Vrouevereniging).
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