Four life sentences for gangsters who stabbed Atlantis man 247 times
Cape Town - The four men convicted of murdering alleged Mongrels gang leader Clint Smith in March 2013 in Atlantis by stabbing him 247 times acted like a pack of wolves and made sure they finished the job. Judge Robert Henney on Wednesday handed down life sentences to G-Unit gang members Gerrit Franse, Michael Adams, Aldrick Adams and Chestwell Essop on a count of murder and six years for a charge of kidnapping. The sentences run concurrently. They were convicted earlier this month.
Judge Henney said: “Smith was assaulted at home. He resisted when he was forced into a car. All of you knew that Smith had to be killed. Smith must have known this and this is why he resisted. In evidence, it emerged that it was said that he must be killed.
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