They each allegedly played an integral role in committing about 40 house break-ins across Nelson Mandela Bay in just more than six months, earning the title of the “Crowbar Gang”.
When the police responded to a complaint of domestic violence in Walmer township on Thursday and instructed a man to unlock the front door, they discovered his mother’s body on the kitchen floor, covered in stab wounds.
‘It is sad when a parent’s life is taken away in such a gruesome manner by their own child whom they have protected and nurtured,’ said Acting Nelson Mandela Bay District Police Commissioner Brigadier Thandiswa Kupiso.