By Lavern de Vries
The man who police fingered as the Station Strangler will not face further prosecution for the deaths of six boys believed to be the victims of a serial killer who stalked young boys in Mitchells Plain in the 1990s.
Sandy Godlwana, regional communications manager for the National Prosecuting Authority, told the Cape Argus the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) would not prosecute Norman Afzal Simons.
"There was not enough evidence to substantiate this matter," she said.
A serial killer stalked the Mitchells Plain area 14 years ago, abducting young boys, usually at or around railway stations, raping them and dumping their bodies in bushes.
The bodies of 22 boys were found, many with their hands and feet bound. Some had clothing around their necks, indicating they had been strangled.
Although Simons, a former school teacher, was never arrested for 23 deaths, he was convicted of murdering Elroy van Rooyen, 13.
He said he had raped and killed the boys because he had been raped by his older brother.
Meanwhile, an 18-year-old has been arrested after he allegedly shot his brother, apparently with a firearm licensed to his police officer father - although it was allegedly not his service pistol.
Mitchells Plain police spokesperson Inspector Ian Williams said the youth and his brother had an argument at about 6.30pm on Sunday.
His surviving son will appear in court later this week on a charge of murder.
- In an unrelated incident, the DDP is to decide whether to prosecute a 15-year-old boy alleged to have raped a seven-year-old boy in Mitchells Plain.