A well-known gangster from Cape Town was sentenced to 170 years imprisonment for his criminal activities around the City.
According to police spokesperson Colonel Andrè Traut, the sentencing comes after Alfriedo Blake entered into a plea bargain with the State on Tuesday, 12 April.
Traut said, in 2019 the police’s Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) detectives launched an investigation on the “Mobster gang” a criminal organisation that was mostly responsible for gang activities in the Mfuleni and Kleinvlei areas.
“On 25 February 2020, an operation was conducted by the unit which resulted in the arrest of 16 members of this notorious gang, including the leader and his lieutenants. Detectives attached to the AGU pursued every avenue during their investigation and brought the accused before a court with a watertight case against him,” Traut said.
Traut added that the gang also committed various criminal activities which included murders, attempted murders, illegal possession of firearms, dealing in drugs, intimidation and extortion.
Blake was sentenced as follows in the Cape Town High Court:
- Count: 1. POCA- five years imprisonment
- Count: 2. Murder- 30 years imprisonment
- Count: 3. Possession of unlicensed firearm- eight years imprisonment
- Count: 4. Unlawful possession of ammunition- two years imprisonment
- Count: 5. Murder- 30 years imprisonment
- Count: 6. Possession of unlicensed firearm- ten years imprisonment
- Count: 7. Unlawful possession of ammunition- two years imprisonment
- Count: 8. Robbery aggravated- ten years imprisonment
- Count: 9. Conspiracy to commit murder- five years imprisonment
- Count: 10. Murder- 40 years imprisonment
- Count: 11. Attempted murder- ten years imprisonment
- Count: 12. Possession of unlicensed firearm- eight years imprisonment
- Count: 13. Unlawful possession of ammunition- two years imprisonment
- Count: 14. Attempted murder- ten years imprisonment.
The sentences will be served concurrently with count ten and Blake will spend 40 years in prison. Meanwhile, the lengthy sentence was also welcomed by the Western Cape police management.
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