By Tina George
7 May 2008
On Sunday the City of Cape Town’s copper cable theft task team (Copperheads), arrested a 17-year-old boy for the third time at a City Electricity Services substation in Parow Industria.
This comes after the boy, said to be Brent Pietersen of Ravensmead along with another suspect were caught burgling and vandalising the substation.
“This not the first time, last year January he sustained third degree burns after coming into contact with 11 000 volts of live electricity whilst breaking into the substation while the other incident occurred later in May,” says Councillor Pieter van Dalen, Chairperson of the Copperheads.
Van Dalen adds that the team is very frustrated with the justice system as they are allowing the release of the boy after previous misdemeanours.
“He has caused alot of hassles and cost the tax payers R1, 5 million already.”
Pieterson is currently in Police custody
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