Shocking details surrounding the criminal profile of a Strandfontein vrou accused of instigating the gang hit at Wynberg Regional Court have emerged, as two more men are set to appear in court today.
While cops have busted two more members of the Junky Funky Kidz gang, the Daily Voice can exclusively reveal that Shireen Matthews has been in the mang before for a variety of offences.
The investigation undertaken by the Daily Voice has shown that according to police records, the 35-year-old vrou who is alleged to be the lover of the Junky Funky Kidz gang boss is a convicted criminal.
Matthews this week appeared alongside Abubaker Adams at the Wynberg Magistrates Court where the duo have been slapped with eight charges following the murder of another alleged hitman Dingalomoyo Chintso, 49, at the same building on 8 April.
According to police records Matthews criminal cases date back to November 2017 where she was first arrested for moering a woman in Strandfontein.
Over an eight-year period, Matthews faced over 40 criminal charges for various crimes including assault, theft, fraud, drugs, malicious damage to property, robbery and now murder.
The records reveal that the cases were registered at various police stations, including Strandfontein, Milnerton, Rondebosch, Grassy Park and various other areas.
While she has been arrested several times, many of the case against Matthews were withdrawn for unknown reasons.
However, in 2017 she was found guilty for a theft case originating from Diep River and was handed an 18-month sentence which was suspended for four years.
Meanwhile, police spokesperson Sergeant Wesley Twigg says ongoing investigations into the murder led Western Cape Serious Violent Crime detectives to the southern suburbs where they arrested two males, aged 23 and 34.
Twigg reports: "This brings the number of suspects arrested for the murder to four. The two suspects will appear in the Wynberg Magistrates Court on Friday 25 April 2025 on a charge of murder."
The shocking shooting on the fourth floor of the building which houses the Wynberg Regional Court sent tongues wagging amid false claims that the victim was a State witness.
At the time of the incident, an eyewitness reported that a lone gunman wearing a maroon t-shirt and a black beanie approached Chintso and took a firearm out of his sling bag and fired four shots at his head.
Panic spread as mense feared the gunman was still roaming the court corridors as sources revealed that the victim was a person of interest in the murder of slain Junky Funky gang boss Ashley ‘Essie’ Phillips who was shot outside Brackenfell Police Station earlier this year.
The NPA also refuted claims that Chintso was a State witness and instead revealed that he was appearing on murder charges.
