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While four of the five men believed to be members of the notorious “crowbar gang” have admitted to their part in a spate of house robberies across Nelson Mandela Bay, their fate now lies in the hands of the Gqeberha high court as judgment looms.
Two men linked to the kidnapping of Bay biokineticist Riana Pretorius will learn next week whether their application for bail has been successful.
An application for the magistrate to call the investigating officer to the stand to give further insight into the investigation of the kidnapping of Bay biokineticist Riana Pretorius was dismissed in the Gqeberha magistrate’s court on Friday.
The kidnapping of Gqeberha biokineticist Riana Pretorius was a meticulously planned crime, carried out by professionals with ties to a much larger criminal syndicate.
Claiming to have no knowledge of who kidnapping victim Riana Pretorius was, or why they had been arrested, two of the men accused of abducting the 26-year-old biokineticist from her workplace in Newton Park pleaded to be released on bail.