Three suspects between 16 and 23 years appeared in the Goodwood Magistrates’ Court on a charge of robbery.
On Friday 1 March at about 21:15 Constables Roberto Galant and Sebastian Oktober responded to a robbery complaint in Rhodes Street, Goodwood. There the officers found a victim with multiple stab wounds to his body being treated by paramedics.
“It is alleged that the victim was robbed of his cellphone and stabbed by three suspects who fled the scene on foot. While on the scene the officers were called by members of Goodwood Neighbourhood Watch who apprehended the suspects,” says Capt Wayne Theunis, communications officer at Goodwood police.
According to information, the NHW members were on patrol when they heard about the robbery and found the three who fit the description. The three suspects were arrested.