ADDICT: Paul Raymond appeared at Worcester Magistrates Court A FOUL-MOUTHED drug addict shoplifter threw a plant pot at a member of staff after he caught the thief red-handed tying to steal from a Worcester garden centre. Paul Raymond who owes more than £6,000 in court fines already tried to steal a calendar from Worcester Garden Centre but was challenged by a member of staff when he was caught in the act. The 40-year-old of Rose Avenue, Tolladine then threw a plant pot at Christopher Church during the incident on October 21 last year. He admitted attempted theft and assault by beating when he appeared at Worcester Magistrates Court on Thursday.
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A PERSISTENT offender who brutally attacked her girlfriend in front of her three children has narrowly escaped jail. Gemma Payne had previously admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm for the drunken attack in which she punched the victim in the face several times, and broke her finger. The 25-year-old of Britannia Road, Worcester, returned to Worcester Magistrates Court on Thursday to learn her fate, and after a 10-minute deliberation – with Payne waiting anxiously – chairman of the magistrates bench, Gareth Thomas, returned and reassured her she would not be going to custody. Magistrates had been reminded of the details of the horrifying attack, that took place between June 27 and June 28 last year. Payne shouted and knocked on the door of the victim’s home, before barging in while the children were in bed.
Durban dealer who âsold guns to Western Cape gangsâ has case postponed
By Sisonke Mlamla
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Cape Town - A 41-year-old gun dealer from Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, who appeared at the Worcester Magistrateâs Court on 61 charges, including the selling of guns to criminal gangs in the Western Cape had his case postponed.
National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila said other charges against Anderson Padayachee included eight counts of murder, five counts of attempted murder, fraud and money laundering.
Ntabazalila said senior state advocate Christian de Jongh from the director of public prosecutions would be prosecuting the matter.
Hawks spokesperson Zinzi Hani said a Cape Town team from the Hawksâ national bureau for illegal firearms control and priority violent crime, together with a special task force team in Durban, crime intelligence and metro police from Durban arrested the gun shop owner on Thursday.