/ 20 February 2000

FORMER HEIST SUSPECT MURDERED

THE body of a man questioned by police in connection with the R17,4-million cash heist near Bronkhorstspruit two years ago was found riddled with bullets in Mapobane in North West on Thursday. Police said Tomtom Njapo had been dead for a few days when murder and robbery detectives found his body. They said he was not arrested or charged after detectives questioned him. The murder comes after two key suspects in the Bronkhorstpruit heist escaped from court last week. Meanwhile The Star reports that Njapo may have been a fellow heist member and the gang’s “banker”.