{"id":20424,"date":"2013-06-14T16:08:41","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T14:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/death-of-criminal-a-relief-for-residents\/"},"modified":"2013-06-14T16:08:41","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T14:08:41","slug":"death-of-criminal-a-relief-for-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/death-of-criminal-a-relief-for-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Death of criminal a relief for residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        \t                                <!-- Main Editorial Image --><br \/>\n                    \t\t\t      \t\t\t                                      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/d049a_88748106.jpg\" alt=\"IOL news may5 gun\" title=\"\" class=\"pics\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"captions_credit_article\">.<\/p>\n<p class=\"captions\">File photo<\/p>\n<p class=\"captions\">\n<p class=\"related_articles\">Related Stories<\/p>\n<ul class=\"menu_tab_lists_related\">\n<li><a class=\"related_articles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za:80\/news\/crime-courts\/wanted-man-killed-in-shoot-out-with-police-1.1531857\">Wanted man killed in shoot-out with police<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--PSTYLE=WT Web Text--><\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Durban &#8211; The death of a man believed to have been a dangerous hijacker and robber drew no sympathy from Durban residents on Thursday who praised the policeman who shot him after a chase by the Dog Unit into the bush alongside the M25 near KwaMashu earlier this week. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Nkululeko \u201cCasper\u201d Sithole, 23, was a suspect in a host of violent and high-profile crimes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">It is believed he was present when a gun was shoved into 13-year-old Matthew Daley\u2019s mouth when the family was attacked in Durban North last month.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">The gang threatened to kill the teenager unless his father pointed out the safe. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">On Thursday, Matthew\u2019s father, Mark, said his son was still shaken, but was recovering. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cIt is a relief. When we did the ID parade last month, there were victims from Overport and Durban North who pointed the men out as well,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Sithole was also wanted for a robbery in Kingsley Road on the Bluff. Afterwards he was involved in a car chase with Brighton Beach police, but he escaped. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">In April, he robbed a man of his car in Pietermaritzburg and, in a high-speed chase with police, raced to Durban weaving through Pinetown, then towards Westville, near the Pavilion Shopping Mall, where gang members took shots at the pursuing police.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">The car was abandoned in Chesterville where the gang disappeared. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">On Facebook and Twitter on Thursday there was celebration at the news of the gangster\u2019s death. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cUnfortunately you can\u2019t like a comment more than once otherwise I would put 1 000 000 000 000 000 likes!\u201d said Sharyn Mowat. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">On Greenwood Park\u2019s Community Policing Forum Facebook page, resident Colwyn McDonald Kilian wrote: \u201cAwesome! Well Done SAPS.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Grayson Thangalan echoed his sentiments: \u201cWell done, Casper is now a real ghost.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">On the Queensburgh Residents\u2019 Watch Facebook page Duane Bosch was concerned that Sithole\u2019s accomplices escaped. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cJa, ok, but what about the other guys, I\u2019m sure they are just as notorious as they were committing the same crimes alongside Casper.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Independent Police Investigative Directorate spokesman Moses Dlamini said an investigation into the shoot-out was under way.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">This was the procedure followed when a policeman killed a suspect. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Police spokesman Vincent Mdunge said: \u201cWe cannot bar commendations from the public for excellent police work done by our officers.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Mdunge warned that the gang was \u201cviolent\u201d and urged the public not to approach them. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">lungelo.mkamba@inl.co.za <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\"><strong>The Mercury<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. 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