The muggers of our suburb's school kids have been identified: Pat Murphy, an ex-police reservist, has not only indentified the three coloured men who have been terrorising the pupils over the last two months in Mons/Innes Road, he even has an address for them. To apprehend them, he needs the kids who were mugged to come forward with case numbers (in all muggings cell phones were stolen) and to identify them. Can the victims please contact Pat at 082 690 3090 urgently so that we can remove these guys and have one hot spot less. Take a walk on the wild side
Join a walk at The Wilds in
Houghton/Killarney/Parktown on Monday, May 1 at 9:00am. Secure parking at the
end of St Patrick Rd cnr Houghton Drive (M31S). Children and dogs (with
leads) are welcome. Good walking shoes.
Distance 4km and duration 2 hours.
Tel TJ 082 554 9972, visit www.wildswalk.co.za or e-mail
for details.
Help Zoo Lake with books
Zoo Lake is 100 years old this year and the
Zoo Lake Users Committee in partnership with Aida Parks will be holding
monthly book sales in front of Mays Chemist in Parkview. The first sale will
take place on Saturday, May 6 from 9am - 12pm.
We are appealing to the
public to support the sales and also to donate books. Books can be dropped
off at Aida Parks, 133 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood (Attention Maria) or at the
boathouse at Zoo Lake (Attention James). The boathouse is closed on Mondays.
All funds raised will go towards the intended Information/Security Centre at
Zoo Lake. For more info call Lucy at 011 726 2784 or Jennifer Harding at 011
880 6138.
Hot Rocks
The former boxing champion Brett Taylor will walk on fire - and so can you! Join him 27 April (a public holiday) from 10am for a Firewalk seminar. Just dress in suitable clothing i.e. denim or cotton,NO silks or nylon. Where? First Bryanston Scout Hall, East Hertford Rd;Bryanston How much? R350 per person Book with Wayne or Sue on 083 3996339 or 083 3082260 no later than Monday 24th April Mugs and muggings
Please watch out for three coloured men who over the past month have been mugging children walking in Mons Road and Innes Street. Their latest victim, a 16-year-old pupil from Sacred Heart College, was mugged on Wednesday (5 April) afternoon by the group.
Patrick Murphy, an ex-police reservist who runs a security company in Kensington, has been patrolling the hot spot the last couple of days and is adamant to arrest the group. "The same suspects had carried out a robbery in Kensington/Bruma the same day at
lunchtime," says Patrick. "They chat up their victims and ask to exchange cell numbers. As the victim takes out the phone, they grab it and make their getaway on two bicycles."
Should anyone see the three men, please phone Patrick at 082 690 3090 immediately. Keith Lang and his wife, Diane, were the victims of an armed robbery in their driveway in Eckstein Street on Monday (3 April).
"We've pulled into our driveway and were still getting out of the car when three armed men approached us," says Diane. They pinned her and Keith to the ground and threatened them with guns.
"They took my bag and stripped me of all my jewellery," says an angry Diane. A helper in the Lang household saw the incident from an upstairs window and raised the alarm. "My biggest disappointment was that it took the police nearly two hours before they arrived."
The men made their getaway in a red BMW or Audi, so please be on the look out.
