A self-confessed hitman and drug runner of the Terrible Josters gang has admitted he piemped the gang’s mert to police after an argument over nappy money.
The 35-year-old man buckled under the pressure at the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday where he was cross-questioned after his explosive testimony last week.
The witness says he left the gang for the sake of his children, and joined the witness protection programme in 2015.
The 204 witness has implicated Horatio Solomon, Ismail Ockerts, Brian Fieghland, Ishmaeel Ockerts, Elton Ely, Brent Campbell, Bradley Roberts, Lezay Booysen, Fabian Constable, Ziyaad Saafodien, Keenan Kruger and Lucian Consul in a string of murders, retaliation shootings and drug cases.
Solomon’s lawyer, who asked not to be identified in the media, accused the witness of misleading the court by omitting certain crimes and accused him of being a paid informant.
Gang Leader: Elton Ely
The witness became agitated and denied being paid, and explained how a well-known pella pos in Wellington run by the Terrible Josters gang was raided after he piemped the mert to police in an act of revenge.
“I was not paid. There was a new person, named Christiano, in charge and we didn’t get along.
“One day accused 5 [Ely] came to fetch his money and he [Christiano] didn’t have enough, so I gave him my child’s kimbie money.
“When he didn’t pay me back I told him they’re going to see what I am going to do.”
He and an unidentified woman then went to Wellington Police Station and told cops where to find the drugs, and “Christiano” was arrested in March 2015, while the witness fled to relatives in Wolseley.
He confirms that the woman’s details were recorded by police, but says she was never paid for giving police the information.
Accused: Horatio Solomon
Questioned about his reasons for choosing to stay in Goodwood Prison for three months after a drug arrest in 2011, despite being granted bail, the skollie who formerly denied staying in the mang so he could become a 28 gang member, confirmed on Tuesday that he indeed wanted to become a 28 at the time.
But he says the reason why he stayed in the mang was because he could not afford the bail money.
He claims Ely and other skollies were appearing on a murder charge at the time and Ely allegedly told him that he couldn’t bail him out as Ely had to pay lawyers’ fees to several attorneys, including the late Pete Mihalik.
Mihalik was gunned down, outside his children’s school, last year.
The case continues.