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The 24-year-old Brighton Chauke.
Brighton their number one suspect
News Date: 08 July 2011
The police’s number one suspect with regard to the violent crime spree in the Soutpansberg area over the past two months is a 24-year-old Zimbabwean man who escaped from police custody in October 2010.
Brighton Chauke escaped along with four fellow detainees from the police’s holding cells in Musina on October 4 last year. This follows his arrest and that of his brother, the 28-year-old Shorty Chauke, on three charges of armed robbery in Louis Trichardt during 2009 and a murder case in Musina.
Eyewitnesses identified Brighton from a police photo. The police appealed to anyone with information about his whereabouts to contact their nearest police station, but not to confront him as he is considered armed and dangerous.
Written by
Andries van Zyl
Andries joined the Zoutpansberger and Limpopo Mirror in April 1993 as a darkroom assistant. Within a couple of months he moved over to the production side of the newspaper and eventually doubled as a reporter. In 1995 he left the newspaper group and travelled overseas for a couple of months. In 1996, Andries rejoined the Zoutpansberger as a reporter. In August 2002, he was appointed as News Editor of the Zoutpansberger, a position he holds until today.
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