Illegal arrest: Police
arrest good neighbour André Brand for defending Cronjé family from 3 armed
black attackers
23:35 Jan 23 2015 Nelspruit, South
Africa
Description
Illegal arrest: NELSPRUIT neighbour André Brand,
arrested for chasing off three armed black attackers of Afrikaner smallholder
Deon Cronjé, wife Melissa, daughter 9, and one-month-old baby
-- Brand was arrested for 'owning an illegal firearm' when he fired off one warning shot against three black males were had attacked the young Cronjé couple across the street.
The three black males fired two shots at Brand after assaulting and tying up the Cronjé couple. The suspects have not been caught but two days after the incident the police showed up
at the doorstep of Mr Brand and dragged him into court for 'illegal firearms possession' of his legal .22 handgun.
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--- FIREARMS REGISTRY OFFICE IN DISARRAY
NOTE: (*Since the recent collapse of the Central Firearms Registry office in Pretoria, which has fallen into disarray due to gross mismanagement, it's impossible to determine whether any firearms are legal or not. The South African Police cannot prove whether any weapons are illegal. See story below).http://mg.co.za/article/2014-10-18-r400-million-firearms-control-system-in-shambles/
AND legal documentation of the illegal syndicate which sells illegal firearms licenses:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/193052/PrimaryDocuments/FirearmsRegistryDocuments.zip
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The attack started in broad daylight on 22 January 2015 when Deon Cronjé was inside their homestead just getting ready to step into the shower, wife Melissa was just relaxing on the stoep after feeding their one-month-old baby when three black males stormed towards her.
One brandished a machete and the other two had firearms. They forced the young mom into the house. Deon inside heard his wife screaming and when he opened the bathroom door he saw the three black thugs tying up his wife and their nine-year-old daughter.
Deon was plucked naked from the room - he had lost one arm in an accident years ago and reportedly the suspects 'struggled to tie him up' for this reason.
Meanwhile the Cronjé family's domestic worker, who was taking a shower in the rear bathroom of the house, heard the commotion and rushed to get help from the neighbours
across the street, Mr André Brand and his family.
Brand said he was inside his house visiting with friends when his housekeeper came running in to warn him of the attack going on across the street.
Brand took a .22 pistol from his room and hid behind a large white rock in front of his house - and saw the black suspects leave the Cronjé property with their car.
Just then one of the black thugs climbed from the Cronjé vehicle, cursing and shouting and running towards the Cronjé house. "It looked as if the man was going back to the Cronjé house and I suspected he wanted to back to go and hurt that family,' he said.
So Brand fired off a warning shot into the air to warn the suspects away - and it worked: the blacks in the vehicle fired off two shots towards Brand, jumped out and fled.
The Cronjé family's looted valuables were found dumped in a swamp near the homestead.
The alarm was raised with Bossies Community Justice, Hi-Tech Sekurity Nelspruit and the police. All arrived rapidly.
The Cronjé couple and their children have moved in with friend in Nelspruit and refuse to return to the smallholding where they had only lived for six months.
Meanwhile the police showed up at Brand's doorstep and arrested the hero of the hour claiming he was 'shooting with an unlicensed firearm.' They confiscated the small handgun
and he appeared in court Wednesday. and left out on bail. His 'case' will be heard 8 February.
"I tried to help my fellow human beings and now I am being turned in the criminal while the suspects are out walking around free men.
He suspects he and his family will be the next to be targetted: their dog was poisoned just two days before the attack on the Cronjé couple.
"The workers on this farm refuse to stay here, they are too terrified,' he said. The police confirmed that nobody was arrested for the attack on the Cronjé couple.
https://www.facebook.com/boerekrisisaksie/photos/a.178568022169751.48293.116298045063416/1076152702411274/?type=1&theater
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-- Brand was arrested for 'owning an illegal firearm' when he fired off one warning shot against three black males were had attacked the young Cronjé couple across the street.
The three black males fired two shots at Brand after assaulting and tying up the Cronjé couple. The suspects have not been caught but two days after the incident the police showed up
at the doorstep of Mr Brand and dragged him into court for 'illegal firearms possession' of his legal .22 handgun.
----------------
--- FIREARMS REGISTRY OFFICE IN DISARRAY
NOTE: (*Since the recent collapse of the Central Firearms Registry office in Pretoria, which has fallen into disarray due to gross mismanagement, it's impossible to determine whether any firearms are legal or not. The South African Police cannot prove whether any weapons are illegal. See story below).http://mg.co.za/article/2014-10-18-r400-million-firearms-control-system-in-shambles/
AND legal documentation of the illegal syndicate which sells illegal firearms licenses:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/193052/PrimaryDocuments/FirearmsRegistryDocuments.zip
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The attack started in broad daylight on 22 January 2015 when Deon Cronjé was inside their homestead just getting ready to step into the shower, wife Melissa was just relaxing on the stoep after feeding their one-month-old baby when three black males stormed towards her.
One brandished a machete and the other two had firearms. They forced the young mom into the house. Deon inside heard his wife screaming and when he opened the bathroom door he saw the three black thugs tying up his wife and their nine-year-old daughter.
Deon was plucked naked from the room - he had lost one arm in an accident years ago and reportedly the suspects 'struggled to tie him up' for this reason.
Meanwhile the Cronjé family's domestic worker, who was taking a shower in the rear bathroom of the house, heard the commotion and rushed to get help from the neighbours
across the street, Mr André Brand and his family.
Brand said he was inside his house visiting with friends when his housekeeper came running in to warn him of the attack going on across the street.
Brand took a .22 pistol from his room and hid behind a large white rock in front of his house - and saw the black suspects leave the Cronjé property with their car.
Just then one of the black thugs climbed from the Cronjé vehicle, cursing and shouting and running towards the Cronjé house. "It looked as if the man was going back to the Cronjé house and I suspected he wanted to back to go and hurt that family,' he said.
So Brand fired off a warning shot into the air to warn the suspects away - and it worked: the blacks in the vehicle fired off two shots towards Brand, jumped out and fled.
The Cronjé family's looted valuables were found dumped in a swamp near the homestead.
The alarm was raised with Bossies Community Justice, Hi-Tech Sekurity Nelspruit and the police. All arrived rapidly.
The Cronjé couple and their children have moved in with friend in Nelspruit and refuse to return to the smallholding where they had only lived for six months.
Meanwhile the police showed up at Brand's doorstep and arrested the hero of the hour claiming he was 'shooting with an unlicensed firearm.' They confiscated the small handgun
and he appeared in court Wednesday. and left out on bail. His 'case' will be heard 8 February.
"I tried to help my fellow human beings and now I am being turned in the criminal while the suspects are out walking around free men.
He suspects he and his family will be the next to be targetted: their dog was poisoned just two days before the attack on the Cronjé couple.
"The workers on this farm refuse to stay here, they are too terrified,' he said. The police confirmed that nobody was arrested for the attack on the Cronjé couple.
https://www.facebook.com/boerekrisisaksie/photos/a.178568022169751.48293.116298045063416/1076152702411274/?type=1&theater
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