Posted by axxxr
A murder case in South Africa has been dubbed the "SMS murder". It illustrates how text messaging was used as crucial evidence in getting a conviction.
"The drama started when Wesley Neil Julyan's co-perpetrator, Jaco Strauss, who was jailed for 15 years for murder and aggravated robbery, sent an SMS to a former lover in England about the incident.
The lover went to the police in England and Interpol informed Port Shepstone detective Basil Crause.
After murdering a drunk Kenneth van Aarde by strangling him with a shoe lace, Strauss and Julyan dumped his body in a bushy area and buried him near the Julyan home at Mtwalume. They tried to sell his car.
It is doubtful if his body would have been found had it not been for the SMS sent to England."
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Posted by darky
he used a shoe lace lol
Posted by axxxr
I wonder what phone he used that sealed his fate!
Posted by Spindizzy
I fail to see the humor in this.
Posted by brix25
We've got some of the stupidest criminals down here...
Posted by mario2004
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What do you expect? Half of them are complet fools, can't read/write, have a very poor education (if any). I guess you know all that, don't you? I hope our government will bring back the dead penalty and corporal punishment. Is the only language they undertand. If any of you want to read more about crime in South Africa (arguably the most crime redden country in the world), check this (unofficial link) http://www.crimexposouthafrica.org/
Posted by max_wedge
I don't know if I agree, but if they bring back the death penalty, they should make stupidity a crime, then perhaps some politicians could be put on deathrow...
Posted by brix25
ROLMAO...mario2004 posting a link to a site which is known to be a front for white rightwingers in South Africa...please folks, visit that site...they even steal copyrighted pictures off rotten.com and claim that those are actually crime scenes in South Africa. Basically 90% of the people posting on that site are white and long for the days of apartheid.
Another funny thing..mario2004, before you start commenting on peoples lack of education you need to get you English grammar in order.