{"id":53181,"date":"2023-03-27T06:02:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T04:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/polisie-na-dood-gedagvaar-20230322-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T14:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T12:50:09","slug":"polisie-na-dood-gedagvaar-20230322-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/polisie-na-dood-gedagvaar-20230322-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Polisie n\u00e1 dood gedagvaar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Die familie van Leo Williams (9) van St. Helenabaai dagvaar nou die nasionale polisie\u00adkommissaris omdat die polisie nie van plan is om iemand vir Leo se skietdood verantwoordelik te hou nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n <span>Weslander<\/span> het destyds berig oor die gewelddadige onluste wat in Julie 2020 in St. Helenabaai opgevlam het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Terwyl openbare-orde-polisi\u00ebring destyds die vrede in Laingville probeer bewaar het, is Leo deur \u2019n dwaalkoe\u00ebl getref waar hy in sy oom se huis gesit en televisie kyk het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die koe\u00ebl, wat vermoedelik deur \u2019n polisiebeampte buite in die straat afgevuur is, is dwarsdeur die sinkstruktuur van die huis en het Leo in die kop getref.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leo is met \u2019n ernstige kopbesering in die hospitaal opgeneem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hy is lank deur lewensondersteunende masjiene aan die lewe gehou. 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