Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that a 23-year-old man who was shot outside a shopping mall in Sandton allegedly for his Rolex watch is stable in hospital. (Read More Here).
The incident took place just after 6pm on Leeuwkop Road in Sunninghill, Sandton.
According to Shawn Herbst, Netcare 911 spokesperson, the incident took place on Leeuwkop Road.
“Reports indicate an adult male had been shot while waiting to enter a local shopping centre.
“Medics assessed the scene and found that the 23-year-old patient had sustained a gunshot wound to his right upper leg.
“The patient was treated on scene by an advanced life support paramedic and once stabilised was transported by ambulance to hospital for further care,” said Herbst.
He said the circumstances surrounding the incident will be investigated by police who were on the scene.
In 2018, three men belonging to the notorious Rolex Gang were sentenced to an effective 682 years behind bars.
IOL reported that the gang’s modus operandi would be to track down people who had recently purchased highly valuable items.
Beta Mphikeleni, Sipho Mabundla and George Mulaudzi, were convicted for a spate of robberies in 2014, murder and attempted murder in the South Gauteng High Court.
Then in 2019, shocking video footage of alleged Rolex gang members pouncing on a motorist in a black Mercedes Benz G Wagon in Sandton.
At the time Gauteng police spokesperson Captain Kay Makhubele told the Saturday Star preliminary investigations revealed that the driver of a black Mercedes Benz was forced to stop after a black Ford Fiesta drove into his vehicle.
“Three suspects allegedly alighted from the Ford Fiesta and robbed him of his Rolex watch,” Makhubele said.
Last month, Sunday World reported that former chief justice of South Africa Sandile Ngcobo had been robbed of his Rolex watch valued at about R150 000.
According to Rolex website watches a designed for individual needs.
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