Farmer shoots worker after 'mistaking him for monkey'

schumi

schumi

Honorary Master
Joined
Mar 26, 2010
Messages
25,094
Reaction score
2,032
Location
Durban
Polokwane – A farmer allegedly shot and wounded a farm worker with a pellet gun in Letsitele, after allegedly mistaking him for a monkey, Limpopo police said on Thursday.

Mathanene Ishmael, 55, was returning from a store room on his bicycle when the farmer allegedly shot him in the head with a pellet gun on Wednesday, Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said in a statement.

"The suspect claimed he mistook him for a monkey."

Ishmael was rushed to a nearby hospital with a head injury.

The 47-year-old farmer was arrested and would appear in the Ritavi Magistrate's Court on Friday on a charge of attempted murder.

Provincial police commissioner Lieutenant General Nneke Ledwaba warned gun owners to first make sure they knew what they were shooting at before pulling the trigger.

In KwaZulu-Natal, an 87-year-old man appeared in the Umzinto Magistrate’s Court on Monday for allegedly shooting and killing a 12-year-old boy he apparently mistook for a monkey. The boy was climbing a guava tree on the man's property in Braemar on Sunday when he was shot in the head and upper body, Sergeant Patrick Msomi told News24.

In another case, Stephan Hepburn, 38, allegedly shot and killed farmworker Jan Railo, 23, on a Limpopo farm on February 11. He was hunting with his wife and apparently mistook Railo for a warthog. The Modimolle Magistrate’s Court granted him R15 000 bail on February 24.

News24
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/N...orker-after-mistaking-him-for-monkey-20170309
 
From a post on Facebook, Far North Bulletin
Sekere media het rapporteer dat hy die werker vir 'n aap misgis het.
"Die bewerings in media berigte wat vroeër gepubliseer is, is 'n verdraaing van die waarheid en 'n soektog na sensasie," het Potgieter se vrou, Corra, aan Bulletin gesê. "Ons is nie huis- of plaaseienaars nie en huur net hierdie huis. Dit is ook nie een van ons werkers nie, ons is sendelinge."
Volgens haar het Potgieter gisteroggend blou-apies uit die lemoenbome langs hul huurhuis op Novengilla plot met 'n windbuks weggejaag.
'n Plaaswerker (55) op die eiendom het na bewering van agter 'n buite gebou aan die anderkant van die lemoenbome uitgestap en is toe per ongeluk bo die regteroog in die kop getref met 'n projektiel uit Potgieter se windbuks.
"Johan het dadelik die man se wond skoongemaak en is saam met hom na die Letsitele polisiestasie toe om 'n verklaring te gaan lê oor die voorval. Die man is toe na die hospitaal geneem."
Volgens haar is die man nie ernstig beseer nie.
'n Dag later het lede van die SAPS Potgieter by sy huis kom arresteer en is die gerugte versprei dat dit "NOG 'n voorval" was.
Hierdie gerugte is gebaseer op 'n voorval vroeër die maand waartydens 'n boer van Modimolle sy plaaswerker doodgeskiet tydens 'n jagtog na bosvarke.
Potgieter sal vandag in die hof op Ritavi verskyn.
OM Ministries het klaar hul regsverteenwoordigers in kennis gestel en sal hom bystaan.
Click to expand...

A Google translate:

Some media reported that he had mistaken the worker for a monkey.
"The allegations in media reports earlier published, is a distortion of the truth and a search for sensation," Potgieter's wife, Corra told Bulletin. "We're not home or farm owners and rent just this house. It is also one of our workers, we are missionaries."
She said Potgieter yesterday morning chased blue monkeys from the orange trees along their rented house on Novengilla plot with an air gun.
A farm worker (55) on the property allegedly behind an outbuilding on the other side of the orange trees walked out and was accidentally hit above the right eye in the head with a projectile from Potgieter's rifle.
"John immediately cleaned the man's wound and the man was taken to the hospital with him to the Letsitele police station to lay a statement on the incident.."
According to her, the man not seriously injured.
A day later came to arrest members of the SAPS Potgieter at his home and rumors spread that "ANOTHER incident" was.
This rumor is based on an incident earlier this month during a farmer from Modimolle shot his farm worker during a hunt for bush pigs.
Potgieter will appear in court on Ritavi.
FOR Ministries finished their lawyers notified and will assist him.
Click to expand...
 
schumi said:
Polokwane – A farmer allegedly shot and wounded a farm worker with a pellet gun in Letsitele, after allegedly mistaking him for a monkey, Limpopo police said on Thursday.

Mathanene Ishmael, 55, was returning from a store room on his bicycle when the farmer allegedly shot him in the head with a pellet gun on Wednesday, Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said in a statement.

"The suspect claimed he mistook him for a monkey."

Ishmael was rushed to a nearby hospital with a head injury.

The 47-year-old farmer was arrested and would appear in the Ritavi Magistrate's Court on Friday on a charge of attempted murder.

Provincial police commissioner Lieutenant General Nneke Ledwaba warned gun owners to first make sure they knew what they were shooting at before pulling the trigger.

In KwaZulu-Natal, an 87-year-old man appeared in the Umzinto Magistrate’s Court on Monday for allegedly shooting and killing a 12-year-old boy he apparently mistook for a monkey. The boy was climbing a guava tree on the man's property in Braemar on Sunday when he was shot in the head and upper body, Sergeant Patrick Msomi told News24.

In another case, Stephan Hepburn, 38, allegedly shot and killed farmworker Jan Railo, 23, on a Limpopo farm on February 11. He was hunting with his wife and apparently mistook Railo for a warthog. The Modimolle Magistrate’s Court granted him R15 000 bail on February 24.

News24
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/N...orker-after-mistaking-him-for-monkey-20170309
Click to expand...

I don't want to sound like a hypocrite ne, but that's just pure and utter BS.
 
Cr419 said:
That's really bad reporting, or trying to sensationalize.
Click to expand...

The Lügenpresse not being completely honest and wanting to generate clickbait traffic for their sites? I have never heard of such a thing...
 
The missionary is a true puss for shooting the monkeys with a pellet gun anyway. The pellets penetrate the animal's skin, and can cause terrible pain. I've seen X-rays of it and the suffering pellets can cause.
 
HelterSkelter said:
The missionary is a true puss for shooting the monkeys with a pellet gun anyway. The pellets penetrate the animal's skin, and can cause terrible pain. I've seen X-rays of it and the suffering pellets can cause.
Click to expand...

Exactly.

I would charge him with animal cruelty :twisted:
 
Ag jirre tog.....

Gotta love the gratuitous use of the word 'allegedly' and 'apparently' in the 'news' articles these days.

Guy falls down a cliff...dead. News article: Man allegedly falls down cliff, and died, apparently. Bloody hell.....
 
HelterSkelter said:
The missionary is a true puss for shooting the monkeys with a pellet gun anyway. The pellets penetrate the animal's skin, and can cause terrible pain. I've seen X-rays of it and the suffering pellets can cause.
Click to expand...



You are correct, usually it's better to use a shotgun on pest monkies. Luckally in this case the oak didn't, or the workers injuries could have been a lot worse.
 
Bit irresponsible to shoot with anything in the direction of buildings were there might be people.
Total overkill by the police and the News24 article wtf
 
rietrot said:
Bit irresponsible to shoot with anything in the direction of buildings were there might be people.
Total overkill by the police and the News24 article wtf
Click to expand...

Yup, irresponsible. Luckily it was not a shotgun.

But...why is this even in the news? I've been shot with a pellet gun by accident about 4 times in my life. Why can't I make news? :(
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X