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Hy was \u2019n oudleerling van Paul Roos Gimnasium en het sy diensplig deur die polisie gedoen, waarna hy sy loopbaan in Stellenbosch begin het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy sal veral onthou word as speursersant Claassen en het \u2013 soos sy pa \u2013 baie jare as polisieman diens gedoen en later speurder geword. Sy spog-oomblik was toe hy skarebeheer om die ontslape oudpresident Nelson Mandela tydens sy vrylating moes toepas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Claassen was ook betrokke by verskeie opspraakwekkende moorde, waaronder die grusame Ortell-moorde in Die Boord. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy het later sy polisieloopbaan vir \u2019n verkoopsloopbaan by Toyota en \u2019n landbou-onderneming verruil. Die speurder in hom het egter oorheers en hy het by \u2019n veiligheidsmaatskappy aangesluit en meer onlangs as vryskutspeurder gewerk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Claassen was \u2019n getroue Rotari\u00ebr en het ook vir baie jare op die bestuur van die eksklusiewe Stellenbosch-klub gedien. Hy laat sy vrou, Hanli, agter. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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