Louca in hospital for TB

George Louca. Picture: Chris Collingridge

George Louca. Picture: Chris Collingridge

Published Feb 23, 2015

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Johannesburg - Cypriot national George Louca, accused of the murder of Teazers' boss Lolly Jackson, has been hospitalised for tuberculosis, the Hawks said on Monday.

“He was hospitalised (on Friday) it is true,” spokesman Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said.

“There were issues about his health which necessitated us to take him to hospital. The doctors suspected that he might be having problems with TB, then we had to take him to hospital.”

Mulaudzi did not want to disclose which hospital Louca was being treated in, but said he was under heavy police guard.

Louca is standing trial under the name George Smith for killing Jackson.

Jackson was shot dead in a house in Edleen, on the East Rand, on May 3, 2010. At the time it was reported that Louca called then Gauteng police intelligence boss Joey Mabasa and confessed to the crime.

His lawyer Owen Blumberg said during Louca's last court appearance they would argue that Louca did not murder Jackson.

City Press and EWN reported last month that according to an affidavit they were privy to, Czech fugitive and businessman Radovan Krejcir, already on trial for another murder, was the triggerman.

Forensic consultant Paul O'Sullivan reportedly said that, according to Louca, Jackson was shot in a house Louca was renting after a “verbal and then physical dispute concerning money laundering”.

Sapa

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