Iekraam Achilles and Brandon Jansen, the two accused in the shooting of a five-year-old boy in Manenberg, made their second appearance at the Athlone Magistrate's Court, on Friday morning.
It was a brief appearance, as they made their bail
applications.
Achilles says he intends to apply for bail, however Jansen
aboded his bail application. The court also heard that Jansen had previous
convictions against him, including a charge in 2018 for illegal possession of
drugs. He is expected back in court on 28 March 2025.
Meanwhile Jansen has a pending matter before the court for unlicensed firearm and ammunition, as well as a pending assault case. The court also heard he has a history of warrant of arrests. He is back in court next Friday.
Five-year-old Ameer Abrahams succumbed to injuries last Wednesday
after he was shot and wounded in a shooting incident in Irvine Street, last
Monday. Little Ameer was walking with his father towards a nearby tuckshop,
when they were caught between crossfire hitting the boy in the head. Two other
women were also injured.
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PHOTO - Mitchum George: Crowd gathered outside court in protest for suspect to be denied bailThe suspects face charges of murder, two counts of
attempted murder, and malicious injury to property.
Speaking to Bush Radio News, Ameer’s father, Roman
Bezuidenhout, says he wants justice to be served
‘’Die justice system kan meer gedoen het want dit gaan
heeltyd gaan postpone word, en almal weet klaar hulle het my kind se lewe
geneem. Ek voel dat hulle moet meer streng wees oor hoe hulle dinge doen, want
hier is ‘n familie wat sonder ‘n kind sit, ‘n community wat broken (sic) is,
deur wat hulle gedoen het. Ek dink die justice system moet trap op hulle voete
(sic) en doen wat hulle moet doen om ons te help in die situasie.’’
[The justice system must do more, as cases alwatys gets
postponed. Everyone knows that the suspects took my childs life. I feel like
there should be stringent measures on how the justice system works, as there is
a family who has lost a child, a community that is broken, because owhat the
suspects has done. I think the justice system should do more in helping better
the situation]
Bezuidenhout says it was a difficult week for the family,
as it would’ve been the beginning of ameer’s scholling career
‘’Dit was baie hartseer. Ons het sy klein broer skool toe
gevat het, en geweet het dai moes my kind gewees het. Hulle (Die skool) het ‘n memorial
service gehad en dai het my afgebreek. Net om te dink my kind sal nooit sy
report of certificate huis toe bring nie. Hulle het die power in hul gehad om
te skiet.
[It was heartbreaking. We took Ameer’s little brother to
school, knowing that it should have been my child. The school held a memorial
service and that just broke me. Just to think that my child will never come
home and show his report or a certificate of achievement. They (the suspects)
had the power to shoot.]
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PHOTO - Mitchum George: Placard calling for Justice for Ameer Abrahams (5)‘’The justice system keeps on failing us. We are by a
point, where these kind of people (suspects) must not have choices anymore,
where they decide if they want bail or not. Government must step up their
efforts to say no bail. The cases must also stop dragging as the family has to
suffer for many years and at the end of the day, they are still unhappy about
the outcome,’’ said Vanessa Adriaanse, Manenberg CPF Deputy Chairperson.
PHOTO - Mitchum George: Manenberg CPF Deputy Chairperson, Vanessa Adriaanse addressing crowd outside court
Done by: Mitchum George
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