After his getaway vehicle sped off without him, a 27-year-old alleged business robber scaled a high razor wire fence to try and evade capture, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The community and police were too clever for him, however, and he is now sitting behind bars at the Primrose Police Station.<\/p>
An armed business robbery, involving three suspects, took place at a shop on the corner of Geldenhuis and Park streets in Malvern East.<\/p>\n
Police patrolling in the area noticed a vehicle speeding off and then saw a man running out of the shop.<\/p>
\u201cHe jumped the razor wire fence into another property to get away from the police,\u201d said Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose SAPS.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe officers went to the shop and were told that the suspects, one armed with a black gun, had entered the shop and told the owner to keep quiet.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey demanded money and made off with R2 500 cash and six cartons of cigarettes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, members of the neighbourhood watch in Malvern East had been alerted to the fact that a man was hiding in a woman\u2019s vehicle in her garage in Pandora Street.<\/p>\n
The patrollers reacted quickly and apprehended the suspect, who was handed over to the arresting officer, Sgt Khomotso Seopa, from the Primrose police.<\/p>\n
The man had suffered a number of cuts on his arms and upper body due to his climb over the fence.<\/p>\n
He was detained at the Primrose Police Station pending his appearance in the Germiston Magistrates Court on charges of business robbery and malicious damage to property.<\/p>\n
The other business robbers are still at large and the money and cigarettes have not been recovered.<\/p>\n
Maome told the GCN that the suspect would be receiving medical attention for his injuries.<\/p>\n
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