The drawn-out case involving four suspects accused of a spate of robberies across the Western Cape may finally reach its conclusion with a plea deal.Four of six men arrested for a spate of cellphone shop robberies in 2015 might agree to a plea and sentencing deal.The robberies stretched from Malmesbury to Bellville and Gardens.
They graduated to an ATM bombing opposite a Spar in Bellville on 4 March, sending shopping baskets and debris flying in the mall. According to the docket, the men have roots stretching from Khayelitsha and Bellville in Cape Town, to Observatory and Bellevue in Johannesburg.The accused are Vusi Mafu, Musa Mthembu, Kwanele Mayo, Xolisani Nenemba, Mthunzi Ncube, and Stanley Masuku.Four of the men appeared in the Bellville Regional Court on Friday.The court heard that there was a new magistrate after the previous one recused themself.
One of the incidents they are accused of occurred on 4 March 2015, when an ATM at the Old Oak Centre in Bellville was bombed.that appeared online showed a man walking up to the ATM, seemingly carrying out a normal transaction. After some time, the man did something at the bottom of the cash dispenser and suddenly left.