SAPS
just in time to be late
Theft of Grave Markers from
the Fort Napier Military Cemetery.
In the first week in September
Sgt. Maj. Izobel Gerhard of Natal Carbineers was contacted by Multi Metals so
inform her that a metal grave marker had been found. She identified it as being
from Fort Napier Military cemetery and was able to trace the ‘occupier’ from
our data –base. I then contacted Steve Watt and suggested he check as there
were bound to be more missing. On this week Wednesday night, Mr. Pillay who
works for correctional services heard noises in the cemetery and phoned the
police. Unfortunately they took a while to get there and the culprits
disappeared but they did recover a bakkie load
of metal. This Saturday Steve Watt and a representative from the War Graves
Commission repaired some of the damage. Multi Metals have circulated
photographs of the metal fittings stolen to scrap-metal dealers .
