BAIL DENIED

THE alleged mastermind in the Wynberg court assassination of Dingalomoya Chintso, Shireen Matthews, was dik die hel in after being denied bail in the same court yesterday. 

Two girls Matthews, 35, and Wanay Fararo, 23, appeared alongside co-accused Abubaker Adams, Brian Booysen and Vuyisani Zengethwa on charges of premeditated murder of former taxi owner Chintso on 8 April.

The court heard judgment on the bail applications of Matthews and Farao, with the former getting rooi innie gesig and skudding her kop during proceedings.

During judgment the court also heard shocking details of the well-planned murder which revealed that Matthews gathered all the role-players, paid for the accommodation to stay at a hotel in Diep River before instructing Adams and Zengethwa to shoot the victim and then instructing Booysen to dispose of the firearms.

The court further heard that all male accused are alleged members of the Junky Funky Kids gang.

Sergeant Patrick Mdokwana - stationed at the Provincial Serious and Violent Crimes Unit and attached to the Taxi Violence Unit - submitted an affidavit to oppose the release of bail against the two vrouens.

The court documents state: “The deceased [Chintso] was affiliated with CODETA Taxi Association. When he exited the courtroom [Court D], two male persons walked up to him and fired multiple gunshots at him.

“After reviewing the CCTV footage from the cameras at Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on 8 April, I noticed three male persons exiting the court building and jumping into a white Suzuki Ertiga station wagon that was parked opposite the main entrance gate of the court building.”

The police official said that after he ran the number plate of the vehicle, he was able to identify the owner and conducted an interview with them. The owner said he employed an e-hailing driver who used the vehicle.

The e-hailing driver known as “A” said that Matthews had requested a ride from an address in Wynberg to the court and picked up two males and two females.

“A” said he waited for Matthews to pay him and a few minutes later one female and three males got into the vehicle and instructed him to take them to Lavender Hill.

Mdokwana said: “On his way there, he [the Uber driver] overheard one of the males saying that they shot and killed someone in court and that the person went to paradise.”

Two days after the assassination, the officer went to the pick-up location in Wynberg that Matthews requested on the day to which the owner of the house said that the alleged mastermind arrived at her house with an unknown male and female.

Mdokwana added: “She [the house owner] also stated that Shireen requested a salaah or prayer top on 7 May and that her boyfriend Damian Paulse, came to her house later that same day with a white Volkswagen Polo car, to collect the salaah top from Shireen.”

The court heard the day of the incident that while at the hotel Matthews booked an e-hailing service for Adams and Zengethwa to drop them off at the court. 

They then waited for a person known as “D”, who had worn the salaah top,  at the men’s toilet and had strapped the firearms onto her inner thighs and gave it to the two males inside the toilet.

The court heard after the incident “D” received R500 for her role, while the accused and Paulse went to Monkey Valley Resort to celebrate the successful execution.

The magistrate said that the accused had no regard for the safety of the public and court staff while the incident occurred leaving everyone in a state of shock which caused public disorder.

She further stated that Matthews and Farao had no exceptional circumstances to be released on bail and therefore they were denied. The case was postponed to 19 September for further investigation.