‘I am stealing a white person’s car’ black thief's excuse after stealing Estelle Schoeman's car at Wonderpark Centre
Mxolisi Rakgalakale was captured by Middelburg taxi-drivers.
A thief who allegedly tried to steal a car with a remote was nabbed at Wonderpark Centre.
Naledi Malekane 6 October 2014
Taxi drivers spotted a suspicious man fiddling in a Mercedes Benz and they approached him.
“I am stealing a white person’s car,” was the suspect’s excuse when the the taxi drivers confronted him. When asked how he got into the car, he explained that he used a remote control to block the signal when the owner of the car locked her car with her own remote control.
The car of Mrs Estelle Schoeman was parked outside the Wimpy.
The taxi drivers saw the woman helping her disabled child out of the car earlier and assume that the thief took advantage of that.
Mrs Schoeman was inside the Wimpy when she saw the commotion next to her car. When she went outside an off duty policeman told her that a thief was caught red handed trying to steal her car.She was shocked. Mrs Schoeman said that she was travelling from Nelspruit to her home in Vereeniging and stopped at the Wimpy in Walter Sisulu Street to get something to eat.“I truly appreciate the Middelburg community’s efforts” she said that she “wonders if the Vereeniging community would have done the same.”“My lesson out of this is to always double check if my car is locked, even if the flickers went on and off,” she added
Mr Steven ‘Vulindlela’ Mnisi, a taxi driver, is one if the men who caught the suspect. He warns people not to leave valuable goods visible in cars, and to always double check because the usage of the remote control gadget is a trend.“I urge the public to assist in crime prevention as people need it,” said Mr Mnisi.
The Observer has written several stories on incidents where a remote control was used to block the signal.
• Mxolisi Rakgalakale appeared in court on Friday 4 October. An attempted theft of motor vehicle case is being investigated. The case is postponed to 7 October for formal bail application.
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