Three key figures affiliated with the Flakka gang were handed lengthy sentences in the Cape Town High Court on Friday.
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As per a statement released by police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Pojie, Jamiel ‘Charra’ Jacobs, Simone Fordon and Dillon Walker were part of the gang that terrorised the Muizenberg community in 2019.
‘This gang group was violent of nature and was shooting and killing several rival gang members randomly and traded in commodities such as drugs and firearms,’ says Pojie.
In response, the South African Police Services’ Anti-Gang Unit launched a major investigation, which identified Jacobs as the lead figure of the gang. He was traced to Paarl, where he was reportedly hiding in a security complex.
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Jacobs, Gordon and Walker were sentenced in the High Court on Friday, 12 April, on the following offences:
Jamiel ‘Charra’ Jacobs:
- Count one: Prevention of Organised Crime Act, three years
- Count 11: Murder, 15 years
- Count 12: Unlawful possession of a firearm, seven years
- Count 14: Murder and attempted murder (two counts), life imprisonment
- Count 15: Attempted murder, eight years
- Count 16: Attempted murder, eight years
- Count 17: Possession of an unlicensed firearm, seven years
- Count 19: Attempted murder, eight years
- Count 20: Attempted murder, eight years
- Count 21: Possession of a firearm and ammunition, seven years
Simone Gordon:
- Count 48: Dealing in drugs, 10 years suspended for five years
- Count 49: Dealing in drugs, 10 years
Dillon Walker:
- Count 48: Dealing in drugs, 10 years
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