The Pretoria high court on Monday convicted businessman Muhamed Sajid Khan, 44, on two counts of murder and attempted murder.
A Pretoria man who shot and killed two people in 2020 has been found guilty. File photo.The Pretoria high court on Monday convicted businessman Muhamed Sajid Khan, 44, of two counts of murder and of attempted murder.Khan owns nine properties in and around Pretoria. On February 1 2020, six members of an organisation called “Concerned Tshwane Residents” went to one of Khan’s properties in Luttig Street, Pretoria West, to verify if he indeed was the rightful owner.
“Upon arrival, an argument arose between Khan and a member of CTR. Khan took out a gun and shot the member and a bystander, who also died on the scene, and attempted to shoot another member of the CTR team,” National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Lumka Mahanjana said.Two days after the incident, Khan handed himself over to police and was released on R10,000 bail. He told the court during his bail application that he fired the shots in self-defence as he did not feel safe.
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