A former skollie broke down in the dock at the Western Cape High Court on Thursday as he accused an alleged gang boss of “selling” his own hitman to a rival gang so he could be killed.
Silence fell over the courtroom as the self-confessed former drug runner and hitman for the Terrible Josters gang in Belhar claimed his “boss”, Elton Ely, sold a fellow hitman to alleged Sexy Boys gang boss, Jerome “Donkie” Booysen.
This after Donkie allegedly threatened to kill Ely’s mother.
Describing the events which led up to the death of Wayne “Lonty” Lekeur on 30 July 2014, the 204 witness claims he was instructed by Ely to fetch two hitmen, Tyrone Constable and Elroy van Wyk, in Wellington to kill Lonty, who was an alleged hitman for the Sexy Boys.
Witness told the court Elton Ely sold a fellow hitman to alleged Sexy Boys gang boss, Jerome “Donkie” Booysen. Picture supplied
He says after the murder, Ely got a call from Belhar police saying he needed to report to the station but when they arrived there, officers placed them in two separate rooms where they were allegedly moered to reveal information about the location of Constable and Van Wyk.
The cops went to Wellington after allegedly being given a map by Ely, where they nabbed Van Wyk, but Constable escaped.
Asked by the State advocate if he knew what happened to Constable, the witness said he was dead as the Sexy Boys had shot him.
“ Hy het hom verkoop aan die Sexy Boys,” he said, staring at Ely, before bursting into tears.
He claimed he was present when Donkie allegedly called Ely and told him to hand over Constable or he would kill Ely’s mother.
Judge Owen Rogers called for a 10-minute break for the witness to compose himself.
The witness also blamed the death of Delft matriculant Lorenzo de Kock, 18, on Horatio “Voudie” Solomon, the nephew of Ernest “Ernie Lastig” Solomon.
He says the schoolboy, who was gunned down just hours before his valedictory on 17 October 2014, was believed to be a spy for the Dixie Boys gang.
KILLED: Lorenzo de Kock, 18
He alleged that Voudie instructed Bradley Roberts and Lezay Booysen to shoot the “ skoolseun”, on the notion that the teen’s older brother was a Dixie Boy.
“He (Voudie) said he (Lorenzo) was a spy for the Dixies and told them when to shoot (on the Terribles).
“After they got guns from Worsie, they came back and told Voudie the deed is done and went to shower.”
It is understood the men showered in a bid to get rid of any gun residue.
The boy’s death sparked an outcry in Delft and the witness told the court that Voudie’s suspicions that the teen was a spy were never confirmed.
Ely, Voudie and 10 others are facing 71 charges of murder, attempted murder, as well as gun- and drug-related crimes dating back to 2009.
