William "King of Bling" Mbatha has been arrested - again. Barely a week after the man popularly known as "Mashobane" was controversially granted bail in a case in which he faces a charge of attempted robbery, among others, he was yesterday given bangles of a different kind when he went to report to the Germiston police station as part of his bail conditions.
Police said that after Mbatha was granted bail on August 6, he apparently proudly posed for photographers.Soon afterwards a complainant in a house robbery, which was committed in April this year, contacted the members of the Germiston Trio Task Team, identifying the man in the pictures as one of his attackers. They immediately obtained a warrant for his arrest. Police spokesperson Senior Superintendent Tummi Golding confirmed the arrest yesterday.
It's understood a man who opened a police case in April recognised Mbatha from the press coverage and reported his finding to detectives handling his case. Golding explained that the man - whose identity has not been released - was pulled over by occupants of a silver BMW with flashing blue lights and blaring sirens. The victim, who lives in Alberton, assumed he was being pulled over by the police and complied. Two men then climbed into his Toyota Tazz and forced him to drive to his house. There, Golding said, they robbed him of jewellery, a laptop, two firearms and a rifle. The BMW did not have valid number plates.
Source: IoL
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