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Valentino grootetjie

At least 84 murders in CT since mid-December, claims ACDP

By Kevin Brandt

The ACDP has called on the police and the courts to keep suspects detained when they’ve been arrested on murder charges.

  •  Valentino Grootetjie, aged 5, was killed by a stray bullet at his Lavender Hill home. Picture:  Lucinda Evans/facebook.com

    Valentino Grootetjie murder: ACDP calls for suspects not to be granted bail

    Two suspects were arrested in connection with the killing of Grootetjie and appeared in the Wynberg Magistrates Court on Friday.

    909 days ago
  •  Valentino Grootetjie, aged 5, was killed by a stray bullet at his Lavender Hill home. Picture:  Lucinda Evans/facebook.com

    'Please help us': Cape community mourns 5-year-old killed by stray bullet

    The five-year-old died last weekend when a stray bullet hit him as he played in his yard.

    909 days ago
  • FILE: Police Minister Bheki Cele addressed the media on 28 November 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Police can’t beat gang violence without support from communities, says Cele

    Cele was addressing mourners at the funeral service of slain five-year-old Valentino Grootetjie from Lavender Hill on Saturday morning.

    910 days ago
  • Lavender Hill activist Lucinda Evans shared pictures of a memorial service held after Valentino Grootetjie was killed by a stray bullet at Drury Court. Picture: Lucinda Evans/facebook.com

    Police Minister to attend funeral of boy (5) killed by stray bullet in CT

    Bheki Cele is attending the funeral this morning of five-year-old Valentino Grootetjie who was playing outside his family’s Drury Court home last Saturday afternoon when a stray bullet hit him.

    910 days ago
  • Picture: SAPS.

    Valentino Grootetjie’s murder accused to appear in court

    Valentino Grootetjie was shot and killed while playing in his yard this past Saturday and police arrested the suspects on Monday.

    911 days ago
  • Picture: Winnie Theletsane/EWN.

    Steenberg CPF calls for more police visibility in Lavender Hill

    This is after a 22-year-old man was shot and killed in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

    914 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied.

    Relatives of boy (5) shot dead in CT appeal for help with burial

    Valentino Grootetjie was shot outside the kitchen door of his family's Drury Court home in Lavender Hill on Sunday.

    915 days ago
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