Daily Sun (July 24 2014) - The thug was attacked by the community for theft - but they didn't kill him. Instead they left him to live with a lifelong reminder of his evil deeds. The face he sees when he looks in the mirror is a face no one one wants to see.
When the SunTeam arrived in Slovo Park, Eldorado Park, south of Joburg on Wednesday morning, they were greeted by the sight of angry residents and a badly beaten man. One of his eyes had been ripped out of his face. "That eye that looked for things to steal will never see again," said an angry resident.
The alleged thief, aged about 25, was accused of stealing a suitcase full of branded clothing and R1 000.
He had to beg for mercy and surrendered himself to police.
He said he no longer had the stolen clothes as he had sold some of them. "I used to buy drugs in Eldorado Park," he said. The man had allegedly spent some of the money on a bowl of russian sausages for his sister.
"We are tired of this boy's behaviour. He steals from us but when we take him to the police he gets released the following day," said an angry woman. "Please let me pee on him."