{"id":107714,"date":"2015-12-22T06:03:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T04:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/107714\/man-arrested-for-wychwood-housebreaking\/"},"modified":"2015-12-23T07:48:03","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T05:48:03","slug":"man-arrested-for-wychwood-housebreaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/12\/22\/man-arrested-for-wychwood-housebreaking\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested for Wychwood housebreaking"},"content":{"rendered":"

While driving in Wychwood, a community member saw a man looking into a home.<\/p>\n

He stopped and asked the 20-year-old man what he was doing.<\/p>

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The man replied that he was just passing through on his way to Bedfordview.<\/p>\n

Suspicious, the community member circled the block and, on his return, allegedly discovered the man in the yard he had seen him looking into earlier.<\/p>

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The accused tried to escape, but the man was able to catch him.<\/p>\n

Officers from the Primrose Police Station were called to the scene, where the man handed over the suspect to them.<\/p>\n

Police searched the accused and found copper, taken from the house, in his possession.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thank the community member, who did not take the law into his own hands but rather handed over the accused to the police without any injuries.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope other people will learn from him and work hand-in-hand with the police,\u201d said Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p>\n

The accused appeared in the Germiston Magistrates Court, where his case was postponed for plea and trial.<\/p>\n

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