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Original Post Date: 2007-08-01 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Jan
By Alex Eliseev
In a daring attempt to break out of the Johannesburg magistrate’s court, four suspected hijackers attacked a police officer, throttled and beat him before dashing out of the courtroom.
Three of the men were rearrested near the court and the fourth – who had cleverly hidden the chains of his leg irons inside his pants – was caught moments before escaping into the street.
The court orderly was so traumatised after escaping the clutches of his attackers that he allegedly had to be sedated by doctors in the parking lot of Milpark hospital.
| ‘Escape! escape!’ |
The drama unfolded on Tuesday during the court’s mid-morning tea-break at courtroom 20. During a brief appearance, four men accused of hijacking and being in possession of stolen firearms had their case postponed to Thursday. Their case was delayed to allow the police more time to investigate.
Prosecutor Delwyn Benjamin, magistrate Lucas van der Schyff and the rest of the court staff left the room when, during the short break, the police sergeant went down to the holding cells below the courtroom.
The court’s interpreter, who asked not to be named, told The Star that three women had arrived to visit the suspects and bring them parcels. The women were waiting on the stairs while the officer entered the cells.
Inside, the suspects pounced on the orderly and allegedly tied him up. They choked and punched him, then stole the keys to the gate.
At the same time the interpreter, who was translating for the suspects, walked into the empty room to check if one of her other cases had been called.
“I heard someone breathing really hard,” she said. “I ran to Court 21 to get help. I was shouting ‘Escape! escape!’ “
The four accused made a run for it, as did the three women who had came to visit them.
The accused – Jethro Mncube, 18, Enos Ndlovu, 32, Melusi Ngwenya, 28, and Sizwe Mlambo, 26, – were arrested on March 30. All except Mncube are from Zimbabwe.