Isn’t he in a jolly mood, that saucy old cad. The Associated Press report that the Pope has granted his former butler a Christmas pardon, forgiving him in person during a jailhouse meeting for stealing and leaking his private papers in one of the gravest Vatican security breaches in recent times. Fifteen minutes after the meeting, […]
This week in cautionary tales, a Florida woman named Dorice Moore befriended a known lottery winner, ingratiated herself in his daily affairs to the point where she controlled his finances, embezzled his money, before murdering him and throwing a concrete slab over his bloody corpse.
A Guatemalan judge has orded that anti-virus software mogul and wonderfully delightful meth head, John McAfee be released form custody. The judge ruled that McAfee had been detained illegally. McAfee was nicked by Guatemalan feds on charges that he had entered the country illegally from neighboring Belize. The announcement was made on McAfee’s blog this morning. In summary, from the Telegraph: Mr […]
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has confirmed that they will investigate whether President Jacob Zuma and his reported donors paid all taxes owed on the donations to him, following DA complaint.
Meet Hannah Strabata, of Stromsburg Nebraska. Hannah is a troubled youth, and not very smart. Hannah committed various crimes, including stealing a Pontiac Grand Am car, robbing a bank of more than $6 000, and filling a pipe with copious amounts of marijuana, and smoking it. Hannah committed all of these crimes on “the best […]
Most dads enjoy spending time with their kids, by going to the movies or the beach. For Ronald Catt it was slightly different, because he took his son and daughter out to rob banks. The trio was finally caught this week..
Brie Lybrand is a former beauty pageant contestant with her own YouTube channel, called The New Orleans Beauty Guru. But her latest upload is very different from her usual upbeat beauty tutorials, and is truly heartbreaking to watch.
A Boksburg Magistrate’s Court has ruled that there is absolutely no evidence linking suspended SAPS Crime Intelligence Boss, Richard Mdluli to the 1999 murder of his baby mama’s husband. And in a spicy twist of events, the court has suggested that the charges were likely the result of a conspiracy against Mdluli. Mdluli served as […]
A short while ago, Eyewitness News’ Mandy Wiener delivered the news that Molemo ‘Jub Jub’ Maarohanye and Themba Tshabalala were both convicted on four counts of murder and two of attempted murder.
Romney goes on offense, forcing Obama to defend record. Top cop: Officers hire guns out for crime. CEO is a catch for Pick n Pay. New BEE codes will hit equity dodgers. Gary Glitter ‘raped girl, 13, in Savile’s BBC dressing room’. Apple’s iPad Mini Reportedly Already in Production.
In the first ever ‘shadow’ report, the provincial MEC, Dan Plato, has given more detail to Cape Town’s crime statistics, using information gathered from police reports and mortuaries. The biggest shock? A lot of 18 – 35 year-old Capetonians are getting stabbed, making up the majority of murder victims.
‘Hateful film’ stays. ANC can’t be hijacked by ‘tenderpreneurs’. Crime stats a mixed bag with only 2% overall fall. Somalia: Blasts Kill at Least 14. Kallis set to be another Rice?
This is seriously creepy. When Tracy, a single mother of five, heard strange noises coming from her roof, it was only natural to assume that some kind of animal had managed to find its way in there. Must have been quite a shock to find the man that she broke up with 12 years ago.
It still remains unclear as to why Herman Pretorius would have wanted to shoot and kill his former business partner Julian Williams recently. But the company Williams worked for at the time of his death, Basileus Capital, has defended any involvement with an alleged ponzi scheme.
It was estimated today that losses from a ponzi scheme involving the deceased Cape businessmen who were shot dead last week might exceed R2 billion. The Financial Services Board had visited fund manager Herman Pretorius last week Thursday, the day he died.
Jakie Selebi is on a dialysis machine, but in getting one has seemingly jumped the queue at Steve Biko Academic Hospital where 82 patients were on the waiting list.
Jackie Selebi’s release on medical parole may not be the just thing to do, according to the opinions of the public, but the edge is taken off a little to know it’s not unconditional. A spokesperson for the Department of Correctional Services has said that his release will not result in him heading right back to the golf course.
In another spectacular use of state funds, Eye Witness News is reporting that Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu has amassed almost R65,000 in traffic fines since April 2009.
Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso Ndebele announced that disgraced former police commissioner, Jackie Selebi will be released from prison today.
This is not a pleasant statistic to read, especially the day before Madiba’s birthday. The Special Investigations Unit (then the Scorpions, now the Hawks), in conjunction with the South African Security Agency, have revealed that the numbers for corruption are far higher than they should be.
A new investigation reveals that there have been some serious coverups at Pelindiba, South Africa’s largest nuclear research facility. This is a little worrying, because behind the walls of that facility lies 600kg of weapons-grade uranium, enough to make 20 very loud bangs.
Forget the Hawks, we need an exorcist to fight crime in South Africa, although in my opinion, I think the Ghostbusters would do an admirable job. North West human settlements and public safety MEC Nono Maloyi said on Saturday that “Satan has declared war on the people of South Africa.”
Earlier this month Vision Of Humanity released its latest Global Peace Index of 158 countries, on it South Africa place 127th. SA dropped 29 places from when it sat at 98 in 2007. Conversely, the world has become more peaceful for the first time in three years.
2oceansViber, Fred, got in contact with us recently about his stolen MacBook Pro, which was grabbed by a thief as Fred confronted him in his bedroom. The thief and the MacBook got away, but Dropbox remained installed. Imagine the surprise when pictures from his stolen Mac started appearing in his DropBox. They tell quite a story. Full (hilarious) gallery inside.
A Cape Town woman has accused four members of New Zealand’s under-20 team, the Baby Blacks, of gang rape at the Southern Sun Hotel Newlands on Friday night.
In a slightly surprising move, given the extent to which Google and Facebook have been compliant in handing data over to government enquiry, Twitter filed a motion (PDF) yesterday to block a subpoena that would force the company to turn over the data of one of its users, an arrested Occupy Wall Street protestor.
This is absolutely disgusting, and I’m not quite sure how I feel about the whole thing. It happened though. A group of boys in Soweto, aged between 14 and 20, kidnapped a 17 year-old girl, and then proceeded to gang rape her. The details get a little more shocking than that.
UC San Diego physicist, Dmitri Krioukov got ticketed recently for running a stop sign – which isn’t unusual. What is unusual is the fact that, rather than pay the $400 fine and move on, Krioukov wrote a mathematical paper proving that the cop who ticketed him had a “perception of reality that did not properly reflect reality.”
You thought living in Johannesburg or Cape Town was dangerous business? Apparently not. The people of El Salvador, in Central America, have it much, much worse. With an average of 12 murders a day, peaking at 18 a day early this year, this is a much dodgier place to be texting in an alley.
After a ridiculous amount of time at liberty, George Zimmerman – the guy who shot Trayvon Martin for wearing a hoodie – has been taken into custody and charged with second-degree murder. Due to some oddment of Florida law, a charge of first-degree murder was ruled out. If convicted, Zimmerman faces life in prison.