{"id":48175,"date":"2023-11-01T11:13:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T09:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/hijackings-out-of-control-in-grassy-park-cape-town-20231101\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T21:42:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T19:42:28","slug":"hijackings-out-of-control-in-grassy-park-cape-town-20231101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/hijackings-out-of-control-in-grassy-park-cape-town-20231101\/","title":{"rendered":"Hijackings \u2018out of control\u2019 in Grassy Park, Cape Town"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Grassy Park policing precinct has seen a total of nine e-hailing drivers hijacked in October alone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The figures are the highest he has seen in a short period.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The hijacked vehicles are, in some cases, used by gang members during shooting incidents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>A worrying rise of hijackings in the Grassy Park policing precinct has seen a total of nine e-hailing drivers hijacked in October alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Grassy Park Police Station Commander Col Dawood Laing, the figures are the highest he has seen in a short period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are picking up a lot of hijackings of Uber drivers, delivery guys and Checkers Sixty60 delivery drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn October, there have been nine incidents which is totally out of control. We have recovered seven vehicles and made three arrests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hijacked vehicles are, in some cases, used by gang members during shooting incidents, he adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn certain instances, the vehicles are used for drive-by-shootings and then (they are) abandoned.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, gang-on-gang violence has claimed the lives of five people in separate incidents earlier this month, says Laing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe had real conflict and multiple shootings that claimed the lives of five people, all the people who died were gang members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe violence has stabilised but we are sitting with a problem where community members do not want to cooperate in identifying the shooters. The incidents happened in broad daylight but nobody wants to come forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another issue, when it comes to arrests and convictions of perpetrators, is that convicted criminals are back on the streets in a few short years, says Laing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis month we had three murder convictions and of the three, one person was found guilty of murder. He received a sentence of 10 years in prison. In those 10 years he will sit in jail for three years and then is out on bail. The court must also play a role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn another conviction last week, the perpetrator was sentenced to 15 years which means he must stay in jail for at least seven years. If they want parole the victims of the families are also called in, so sentences of more than 15 years is more appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laing adds that in many cases witnesses were too afraid to come forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf I have a profile for robbers, we know who they are, but if the complainant does not identify them and doesn\u2019t want to go through the justice system it is a very big problem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe guys who rob on the street are the ones who rob every day. Tomorrow they can kill or stab a person. 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