/ 4 May 2000

FORMER BOK BELTS CAR THIEF

FORMER Springbok fullback Gavin Lawless has been charged with assault after allegedly beating up a man who he claims tried to steal his Jeep. Cape Town police spokesman Captain Jacques Wiese said on Wednesday that Lawless and a friend apparently caught the man reversing Lawless’ vehicle out of the driveway of the friends’ house in Claremont. Lawless’ friend allegedly pulled the man from the Jeep and held him until the police arrived at the scene. When the police arrived, the man claimed that he was assaulted by two men and laid a charge of assault which is being investigated.