Man arrested after woman, 85, hijacked

Published May 6, 2015

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Cape Town - The alleged hijacking of an 85-year-old Somerset West woman - captured on CCTV footage - has resulted in the swift arrest of an Eersterivier man.

The surveillance video shows a man dragging a frail-looking woman out of her white Fiat Uno last Wednesday at about 3.30pm before the perpetrator drives off in her car.

Later, two SAPS detectives spotted the stolen vehicle in the Macassar Beach Pavilion, and decided to monitor it.

Eventually the suspect returned to the car and drove off.

Detectives followed and arrested the man in the Parow soon afterwards, police spokesman FC van Wyk said. The vehicle was found abandoned in Macassar.

He said the 37-year-old man was detained in the Somerset West Police Station and made his first court appearance in the Somerset West Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

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Cape Argus

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