“We urge residents to remain vigilant to anything suspicious in their neighbourhood and not to hesitate to call police for assistance when they feel something is untoward,” said Parkview CPF deputy chairperson Wayne Lurie.The CPF trusted Parkview police to thoroughly investigate the murder and said it would be in close contact with them on “this and other matters”.
“The matter of the murder that occurred in our precinct is under investigation, and though no murder is acceptable, we are fortunate as a community to have an exceptionally low occurrence of such crimes in our area,” he said.reported that Gordin, who was killed during a robbery at his home, had experienced two burglaries a few months before.He reflected on being burgled twice in an opinion piece published on November 17.
“Minimal violent crimes have been reported in the Parkview area over the past few months. Crimes reported include cellphone snatchings and opportunistic incidents such as the theft of lights, clothes and other small items,” he said.Home invasions are not common in that area. Contact crime in South Africa is a huge concern; 24/7 Security Services urgestheir properties are secured with gates, electric fences and beams. Alarms and panic buttons must be tested regularly.
He said 24/7 Security Services works closely with SafeParkview to manage security in the area and also with Vumacam to monitor and manage cameras and licence plate recognition alerts in the area as part of the Safe City initiative. Frikkie Nel, general manager of operations at Beagle Watch, another private security company in the area, provided statistics of crime reportedThese included two incidents of theft from premises, two burglaries, two house robberies and one driveway robbery.“Our customers also receive weekly newsletters with the statistics for crimes and Beagle Watch’s operational activity in their specific area.
This assassination does not show to have been carried out by a habitual serial killer, but by a thug who seized an opportunity vulnerability knowing one or two about the old man's solituness at that time & did it without careful pre-planning. He comes from the neighborhood area
Tragic. Absolutely tragic. Won't add to this trauma.