NATIONAL NEWS & VIDEO - Drama fit for television, with petrol being thrown at traffic officers, threats of arson and murder by gunshot, all happening under a cloud of pepper spray, unfolded when roaming Datsun dwellers, Rassie and Janetta Erasmus, were forcefully removed from their car in Middelburg on Friday.
The couple has been staying in the car for more than a year now. They travelled from park to park, forced to move continuously when confronted by nervous residents or law enforcement authorities. Strangely enough, no one could seem to come up with a solution about what to do with the couple, until now.
Friday was the last standoff. A move brought on by the couple’s unwise decision to park next to the Kees Taljaard Stadium entrance where the much anticipated Town of the Year celebration was hosted on Friday.
Rassie was pulled out of the car first but traffic officers and security guards were forced to back down when he poured petrol over his car as well as over them and threatened to set everything alight rather than leave his car behind.
Friday was the last standoff. A move brought on by the couple’s unwise decision to park next to the Kees Taljaard Stadium entrance where the much anticipated Town of the Year celebration was hosted on Friday.
Rassie was pulled out of the car first but traffic officers and security guards were forced to back down when he poured petrol over his car as well as over them and threatened to set everything alight rather than leave his car behind.
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