{"id":48869,"date":"2023-11-17T13:09:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T11:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/man-arrested-after-robbing-and-assaulting-a-matric-learner-in-kraaifontein-cape-town-20231116\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T22:51:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:51:01","slug":"man-arrested-after-robbing-and-assaulting-a-matric-learner-in-kraaifontein-cape-town-20231116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/man-arrested-after-robbing-and-assaulting-a-matric-learner-in-kraaifontein-cape-town-20231116\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested after robbing and assaulting a matric learner in Kraaifontein, Cape Town"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Private security officers and members of the public apprehended a man who assaulted and robbed a schoolgirl on her way to write her matric exam.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The girl resisted and wrestled with the assailant when he tried to grab her iPad before fleeing the scene.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He was later tracked down and positively identified by the victim.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\">Private security officers and members of the public, on Tuesday morning 14 November, chased down and apprehended a man who assaulted and robbed a schoolgirl on her way to write her matric exam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\">The incident took place about 11:50 in York Street, Belmont Park in Kraaifontein.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\"><strong>READ |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/tygerburger\/police-warns-community-about-municipal-workers-robbing-homes-in-kraaifontein-20231114\" target=\"_blank\">Police warns community about \u2018municipal workers\u2019 robbing homes in Kraaifontein<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\">\u201cTitanium Securitas control centre received a panic signal from residents in York Street at midday,\u201d a spokesperson for Titanium Securitas Kobus Kotze related. \u201cAfter making immediate contact with the client they informed them the suspect was sitting on top of the girl and hitting her head against the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\">He said the girl resisted her assailant when he tried to grab her iPad. In the struggle she fell to the ground where the man climbed on top of her wrestling the iPad off her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\">\u201cArmed response officers, along with the Crime Prevention Unit, immediately made their way to the location where the suspect, meanwhile, had fled with the victim\u2019s iPad. With the assistance of the public, Titanium &nbsp;officers tracked the suspect down&nbsp;minutes later. 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