In the Booysens Magistrate Court, Luciano Benjamin (24) was found guilty for car hijacking and /or being in possession of a hijacked motor vehicle and was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment.
The accused and two of his accomplices hijacked a 29-year-old male near the Southgate Ridge Complex on December 30, 2020.
The victim had received a request to fetch passengers at Gold Reef City. When he arrived, three males climbed into the back of his car and asked him to drive them to Naturena.
One of them then choked him while an accomplice hit him with the butt of his firearm. When he stopped the vehicle, they pulled him onto the back seat. The hijackers then took control of the vehicle and left the driver in Eldorado Park. They also took his cash, his shoes and his cellphone.
The victim opened a case at the Eldorado Police Station and the swift response by the police led to the apprehension of the accused and the recovery of the vehicle.
The conviction was the result of the quality investigation by Sergeant Keneth Nefuranyele of the Johannesburg Central Trio Detectives. The police hope that this sentence will deter would-be offenders from committing the same type of crime against taxi and passenger service drivers.
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