Kimberley man, 56, kidnapped, hogtied, dumped in veldt overnight

2010-08-02 Jana Engelbrecht reports in Volksblad from KIMBERLEY. – ’An unnamed 56-year-old man of the Newpark suburb in Kimberley was tied up and dumped in a field just outside Kimberley all night after he was kidnapped by three armed men on Friday-night, according to SAPS constable Sergio Kock. The man was attacked inside his Newpark house by men wearing balaclavas who forced him at gun-point into a car after pulling a bag over his head. The men then drove him to a bank after they forced him to give them his pincode. They withdrew ‘an unknown amount of money’ from his bank-account and then dumped him in the veldt – hogtied - alongside the Kimberley – Barkley West road. He was only discovered by a passerby at 7am the next morning. The suspects also hijacked his car, a silver-grey Volkswagen Poli, 2006 model, license number BTRR 664 NC. The car has a South African flag sticker on the leftside mirror. The SAPS said the victim requested that his name not be published. Information may be obtained from warrant-officer Henk van der Merwe telephone 076-114-5850 – http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Man-le-nag-in-veld-vasgebind-20100802