/ 11 November 2000

PAGAD TRIO HELD FOR STAGGIE MURDER

THREE ”prominent” Pagad members have been arrested for the 1996 murder of gang leader Rashaad Staggie, Deputy Justice Minister Cheryl Gillwald announced. Replying to debate in the National Council of Provinces on legislation providing a legal framework for the Scorpions, she said she had just been advised of the arrests by National Director of Public Prosecutions, Bulelani Ngcuka. Gillwald said the suspects had been identified by the National Prosecuting Authority from video tapes recently seized from the media.