Convicted 'killer' busted in Table View for robbery

QUESTIONS have arisen over how the teen convicted of the murder of Suritha Alting, 28, was allegedly found robbing people in Table View this month - less than two years after he was sentenced.

- MAHIRA DUVAL

Table View dad, Dave Walters, said he was shocked when he was informed by investigators that the man who robbed him of his cellphone two weeks ago was in fact a “killer who slipped through the cracks”.

The 50-year-old man said Xolani Du Preez and his accomplice were busted on April 17 after they entered his home.

"I was at home playing Call of Duty and had left the gate open as I knew my son would probably leave around midnight to meet up with his girlfriend.

"I saw two males and initially thought they were my son's friends but then I saw they put their fingers on their lips and said 'shhh' and this is when I knew it was a break-in.

"The one grabbed my cellphone and they fled running in opposite directions."