The lengthy sentence handed down to 40 year old Garin Paulse, today in the Western Cape High Court is welcomed by SAPS, and regarded a step closer in instilling confidence in the communities that the gang stronghold can be broken. Paulse, a Junky Funky gang leader who was described by the Presiding Judge Mark Sher as someone who could not be rehabilitated and reformed was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. He was also sentenced to five years imprisonment for an offence in terms of the Contravention of Prevention of Organised Crime Act, which will be served concurrently.
Handing down his sentence, Judge Sher told the accused that it had become clear that the he was someone who had no regard for the human life. The court heard that Paulse had shot Lindley Arendse of Terrible Westesiders in an execution style Heideveld in full view of the public on 1st of July 2017. He said the communities of Cape Flats have been ruthlessly terrorised by the accused and his gang, and that he could not deviate from the legislative minimum sentence for murder, for the life Paulse had taken.
The Provincial Commissioner of the Western Cape police, Lieutenant General KE Jula congratulated the investigating officer, Detective Sergeant Jeffery Witbooi for the thorough investigation of the case and expressed his appreciation towards the prosecution team who secured the sentence.