'We do not know who is killing us.'
“It sends a message and it also presents a heightened risk profile to take on specific cases ... people think twice about dealing with certain cases that involve specific people that have known links to gangs,” Dr Simon Howell, research associate at the University of Cape Town’s centre of criminology said on Wednesday.
“There is a concern, especially now, among the legal fraternity,” Howell said in an interview with Refilwe Moloto onThese types of shootings were “conducted to stall the legal processes around the specific cases” and “create fear and almost act as a warning to other advocates and others in the legal fraternity to not pursue specific cases or specific concerns that relate to gangsterism or drugs”, he said.
“It has an intimidating effect on the legal fraternity and these crime syndicates are sending out a message that no-one in the legal fraternity is safe.”
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