The scheduled sentencing of convicted murderer and self-confessed gangster Remario de Lange was postponed in the high court in Gqeberha on Tuesday due to the unavailability of the judge.
Gangster found guilty of ‘revenge’ murder By Raahil Sain - 01 June 2021
AWAITING SENTENCING: Remario De Lange, 26, has been found guilty of murder and will be sentenced in July Image: WERNER HILLS
The high court in Gqeberha on Monday found Remario De Lange, 26, guilty of a 2019 murder in the city’s northern areas.
National Prosecuting Authority regional spokesperson Anelisa Ngcakani said Lorenzo Nicholas, 27, died in a hail of bullets in November 2019.
She said Nicholas had been walking in Kobus Road, Helenvale, when De Lange, a member of a gang called the Nice Time Bozzas (NTB) at the time, approached him.
Ngcakani said De Lange began firing at Nicholas with a 9mm semi-automatic pistol.
Murder accused arrested four months after shooting PREMIUM By Devon Koen - 14 May 2021
Four months after suspected gangster Remario de Lange allegedly shot dead a man and wounded a six-year-old girl in Helenvale, he was finally arrested while driving a stolen vehicle.
Testifying in the high court in Gqeberha on Thursday, Warrant-Officer Rudy Arends said that on March 23 2020, he and his partner were patrolling in Kamesh, Uitenhage, when they noticed a dark green Mazda bakkie without number plates being driven in the area.
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