'KILLER' ON THE LOOSE

After catching phone dief, Table View dad claims boef is a convicted murderer

- MAHIRA DUVAL OTUDE

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QUESTIONS have arisen about how a teen believed to be the convicted murderer of Suritha Alting, 28, was found robbing mense in Table View this month less than two years after he was sentenced.

Brave Table View dad, Dave Walters, says he got a skrik 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 says Xolani Du Preez and his accomplice were busted on 17 April after they entered his home.

He explains: "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 I knew it was a break-in.