<![CDATA[News Crime and Courts Category RSS]]> http://iol.co.za:80/cmlink/1.663 Wed, 16 May 2012 21:12:00 +0200 <![CDATA[Ghumman attack ‘not in character’]]> http://www.iol.co.za/ghumman-attack-not-in-character-1.1298304

Shumsheer Singh Ghumman's petrol bombing of the home of a Clifton businessman was out of character, his mother said.

]]> 1.1298304 Wed, 16 May 2012 21:12:00 +0200 <![CDATA[Hawks bill ring-fences unit: police]]> http://www.iol.co.za/hawks-bill-ring-fences-unit-police-1.1298302

MPs held heated final deliberations on draft legislation to restructure the Hawks in line with a Constitutional Court judgment.

]]> 1.1298302 Wed, 16 May 2012 20:58:39 +0200 <![CDATA[Mother and son held for murder conspiracy]]> http://www.iol.co.za/mother-and-son-held-for-murder-conspiracy-1.1298299

A Mpumalanga woman and her adult son were arrested for conspiring to kill her husband.

]]> 1.1298299 Wed, 16 May 2012 20:37:05 +0200 <![CDATA[Rhino bust cops commended]]> http://www.iol.co.za/rhino-bust-cops-commended-1.1298295

The cops who recovered 10 rhino horns and R3.5 million in cash needed a “big pat on the back”, the Ekurhuleni community safety MMC said.

]]> 1.1298295 Wed, 16 May 2012 20:13:04 +0200 <![CDATA[Van stoned in post office protest]]> http://www.iol.co.za/van-stoned-in-post-office-protest-1.1298290

Johannesburg metro police officers intervened in a protest by post office contract workers on Wednesday after a vehicle was stoned.

]]> 1.1298290 Wed, 16 May 2012 19:42:02 +0200 <![CDATA[Many potential medical parolees]]> http://www.iol.co.za/many-potential-medical-parolees-1.1298283

Some 298 prison inmates are potential candidates for medical parole under the new medical parole policy which came into effect on March 1.

]]> 1.1298283 Wed, 16 May 2012 19:21:16 +0200 <![CDATA[Joburg gang poses as cops]]> http://www.iol.co.za/joburg-gang-poses-as-cops-1.1298281

A gang posing as police officers has been targeting the East Rand and Johannesburg's northern suburbs.

]]> 1.1298281 Wed, 16 May 2012 18:56:44 +0200 <![CDATA[‘Remove Clifton petrol bomber’]]> http://www.iol.co.za/remove-clifton-petrol-bomber-1.1298241

Clifton businessman Philip Rhind wants the man who petrol-bombed his luxury home “removed from the streets.”

]]> 1.1298241 Wed, 16 May 2012 16:44:00 +0200 <![CDATA[Two held for dagga]]> http://www.iol.co.za/two-held-for-dagga-1.1298177

A man and a woman have been arrested for dealing in dagga in Ezitendeni, KwaZulu-Natal.

]]> 1.1298177 Wed, 16 May 2012 15:50:07 +0200 <![CDATA[Married warden sues over taped love talk]]> http://www.iol.co.za/married-warden-sues-over-taped-love-talk-1.1298179

A prison official is being sued for allegedly playing romantic chats between himself and a married colleague to co-workers.

]]> 1.1298179 Wed, 16 May 2012 15:50:00 +0200 <![CDATA[Moyo was not in a cell – witnesses]]> http://www.iol.co.za/moyo-was-not-in-a-cell-witnesses-1.1298153

Serial escapee Bongani Moyo was not in the holding cells the day he vanished after a court appearance.

]]> 1.1298153 Wed, 16 May 2012 15:25:00 +0200 <![CDATA[DA lays charges against Cosatu]]> http://www.iol.co.za/da-lays-charges-against-cosatu-1.1298154

DA national spokesman Mmusi Maimane has laid charges against Cosatu after a protest by the party turned violent.

]]> 1.1298154 Wed, 16 May 2012 15:25:00 +0200 <![CDATA[DA official goes from agony to victory]]> http://www.iol.co.za/da-official-goes-from-agony-to-victory-1.1298099

DA official Tiaan Kotze who was injured during a clash with Cosatu says the scars are his “struggle credentials”

]]> 1.1298099 Wed, 16 May 2012 14:37:04 +0200 <![CDATA[Taser attacker a former police patroller]]> http://www.iol.co.za/taser-attacker-a-former-police-patroller-1.1298101

Thulie Mahlangu was struck twice by a man known only as “Siphiwe” photographed attacking DA supporters.

]]> 1.1298101 Wed, 16 May 2012 14:37:16 +0200 <![CDATA[Cosatu-DA conflict significant: Vavi]]> http://www.iol.co.za/cosatu-da-conflict-significant-vavi-1.1298043

Zwelinzima Vavi believes that conflict between the DA and Cosatu at a protest in Joburg was politically significant.

]]> 1.1298043 Wed, 16 May 2012 13:52:36 +0200 <![CDATA[Three held for theft at mine]]> http://www.iol.co.za/three-held-for-theft-at-mine-1.1298044

Three men have been arrested for stealing metal out of a mine in Welkom, Free State.

]]> 1.1298044 Wed, 16 May 2012 13:52:43 +0200 <![CDATA[Moyo calls in co-accused as witness]]> http://www.iol.co.za/moyo-calls-in-co-accused-as-witness-1.1298010

Bongani Moyo has called a co-accused to testify for him in his trial for escaping from the Pretoria Magistrate's Court.

]]> 1.1298010 Wed, 16 May 2012 13:15:56 +0200 <![CDATA[Off-duty cop nabs armed robbers]]> http://www.iol.co.za/off-duty-cop-nabs-armed-robbers-1.1297934

An off-duty police officer has arrested two men following an armed robbery in Duduza, Joburg.

]]> 1.1297934 Wed, 16 May 2012 12:23:47 +0200 <![CDATA[Rhino horns seized after SMS tip-off]]> http://www.iol.co.za/rhino-horns-seized-after-sms-tip-off-1.1297933

The police have found a collection of illegal rhino horns and boxes of cash after a raid on a flat in Bedford Gardens.

]]> 1.1297933 Wed, 16 May 2012 12:21:00 +0200 <![CDATA[Gang of ‘polite’ thieves strike]]> http://www.iol.co.za/gang-of-polite-thieves-strike-1.1297906

A gang of thieves known as the "Follow-Home" gang have struck in Cape Town's Southern Suburbs.

]]> 1.1297906 Wed, 16 May 2012 12:14:00 +0200