Cape Town - The brother of Jerome “Donkie” Booysen, the alleged leader of the Sexy Boys gang, faced serious criminal charges, including murder, with four others in court yesterday.
Colin Booysen, 57, Sillico Oliphant, 41, Herbert Zoutman, 57, and Moegamat Abrahams, 43, appeared in the Bellville Magistrate’s Court, while co-accused Sipho Khumalo appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court.
Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) spokesperson Zinzi Hani said one suspect was still at large.
They all face Prevention of Organised Crime Act (Poca) charges, and murder, dealing in drugs and possession of firearms and ammunition charges.
The court papers read: “It is claimed that between June 2015 and December 2017 in the Western Cape and Gauteng, while managing, employed by, or associated with the Enterprise, the accused engaged directly or indirectly in the Enterprise’s operations through a series of criminal activities. Managing an Enterprise conducted through a pattern of racketeering activity … in the Western Cape and Gauteng, the accused wrongfully and unlawfully managed the operations or activities of the Enterprise.”
The document accused the men of the murder of Shameem Mohammed, Marawaan Desai and Mark Groenewald near Reiger Park in the district of Boksburg.
Hani explained: “Five suspects, aged between 41 and 57, were arrested on Tuesday respectively for murders, dealing in drugs and possession of firearms and ammunition in the Gauteng and Western Cape areas by the Hawks’ South African Narcotics Enforcement Bureau team Western Cape together with Crime Intelligence WC, SAPS Organised Crime Investigation Narcotics and PHO Gauteng Detectives, Cold Case Unit.
“Their arrests emanate from cases that involve drug trafficking and three murders that occurred in the period between December 2015 to December 2017.
“The investigation into the drug activities… provided evidence of murders (hits) that were ordered due to clashes that occurred relating to the distribution of drugs in the Western Cape as well in the Gauteng area… Warrants of arrests were issued for the six suspects. One suspect was traced and arrested in Gauteng, and four other suspects were traced and arrested in Cape Town. One suspect is still at large and the investigation continues.”
She added that the suspect who appeared in Pretoria would be transported to Cape Town.
Colin Booysen made headlines in 2018 when he was arrested along with businessman Nafiz Modack, Ashley Fields and Jacques Cronjé for money laundering and extortion linked to a violent takeover of the Cape Town nightclub security industry.
They were later acquitted in the Cape Town Regional Court.
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Cape Argus