Update
GEORGE NEWS - The family of former York High learner, Carl Schoombie (27), who was brutally murdered in 2015 has started a petition after it recently came to light that one of his murderers, Juane Jacobs (41), has applied for medical parole.
The killers followed the Uber taxi in which Schoombie and three friends were travelling in Claremont, Cape Town, on the evening of 15 November 2015.
They stopped the vehicle in a cul-de-sac and a brutal and merciless assault ensued after they accused Schoombie of causing trouble at the Tiger Tiger nightclub in Claremont. He sustained a massive brain injury and died four days later.
Jacobs and his co-accused, Brent Henry (44), were found guilty of Schoombie's murder in the High Court in Cape Town on Friday 19 May 2017.
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The case served in front of Judge Robert Henney. Henney said in his verdict that it was a brutal and horrific murder of a man who did nothing wrong. He granted their application to appeal, but their appeal was rejected.
Now, after only serving four years of his life sentence, Jacobs has applied for medical parole.
"We are now aware that Jacobs is applying for medical parole in an attempt to escape justice," said Schoombie's sister, Jade Southwood. "He has only served four years of his life sentence. He has taken to media and created a dramatised documentary article looking for sympathy. However, a mitigating factor in court was the fact that no sympathy or remorse was shown by either Jacobs or Henry."
Petition
The Schoombie family has started a petition to hand to the parole board in an attempt to prevent Jacobs's release. They want to submit it to the council along with their victim impact statements before the council makes a decision. However, they were not notified of the dates when this should happen. Jacobs applied for medical parole on 15 September.
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National spokesperson for the Depart-ment of Correctional Services, Singabakho Nxumalo, said prisoners are informed directly about possible medical parole. Correctional Services had no other comment by the time of going to print.
"We have started the petition hoping to get as many signatures as possible to keep Jacobs off the streets. He has previous convictions, is a serious danger to society and is also considered to be a flight risk since he fled from the police for three months after the murder," said Southwood.
The petition, that had 3 656 signatures by Tuesday morning, can be found on the Facebook page, Justice for Carl.
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