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Alleged Cape Town gang boss William 'Red' Stevens killed in apparent hit 02 February 2021 - 20:11 Jerome Booysen, Mark Lifman and William Stevens leave the Cape Town magistrate's court after a court appearance in December. Image: Esa Alexander Alleged Cape Town gang leader William “Red” Stevens was killed in an apparent hit on Tuesday. Stevens — the alleged leader of the 27s gang — was gunned down in Kraaifontein, a northern Cape Town suburb, at about 6.35pm. While police did not name Stevens in a statement issued on Tuesday night, TimesLIVE has confirmed tha...

Adrian de Kock William Stevens was shot dead outside his home on Monday evening. He was out on R100 000 bail for charges relating to the murder of suspected international steroid smuggler Brian Weinstein. He and his two co-accused were scheduled to return to court next week. Alleged Cape Town gang leader William "Red" Stevens has been shot and killed outside his home in an apparent hit on Monday evening. While the police did not name him, his identity was confirmed to News24 by several well-placed sources. The police said a 56-year-old man was gunned down at his home in Rembrandt Street, K...

Disgruntled criminal lawyers said the speed at which the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) dealt with the bail applications of alleged underworld trio, Jerome “Donkie” Booysen, Mark Lifman, 56, and Willem Stevens, 66, and who were subsequently released on bail of R100,000, has set a dangerous precedent. The men were arrested on 22 December 2020 on charges of murder and conspiracy to murder and released on bail within hours. Booysen and Stevens face an additional charge of money laundering. Alleged Sexy Boys gang boss Jerome Booysen was arrested on Tuesday 22 December 2020 on charges of...

Cape Town ‘underworld kingpins’ granted R100k bail each Citizen reporter Picture: iStock Minister of Police Bheki Cele welcomed their arrest, saying it was ‘a huge victory in the fight against organised crime’. The fraud and corruption case against three alleged Cape Town underworld figures has been postponed to 9 February 2021 after they were granted bail on Tuesday. Mark...

During the early hours of 18 August 2017 a gunman fired five bullets into Brian Wainstein who was asleep in his bed in his Constantia home along with his girlfriend and child, who were unharmed during his assassination. Wainstein, who was originally from Ireland, had been linked to several figures with suspected ties to Cape Town’s underworld, so his murder stirred up tensions in these circles. He had a history of confirmed and alleged crime – in 2007 The Irish Times reported that he had illegally distributed bodybuilding steroids worldwide from Dublin and was sentenced to four months in ...