Tag Archives: South African crime

Behind bars for ‘a sliver of green’

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Shaun Smillie

There was enough grass to roll a spliff the size of a toothpick. Maybe half a toothpick. Not enough for a drag, or even to get high on. But that sliver of green, clinging to the bottom of the stamp-sized … Continue reading →

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When photographers drive scary

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Shaun Smillie

It happens around the third floor-loose coins float in the VW Polo like bubbles, passengers lift in their seats, only to be held back by seatbelts. What photographer Christopher Collingridge achieves in those frightening seconds, has cost the US government … Continue reading →

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When you know the dead

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Shaun Smillie

It is not often that the dead I report on I know. But the 30-year-old police constable who lay dead beneath the medic’s space blanket, last night I knew. He was a communications officer and in the past I phoned … Continue reading →

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A little crime scene humour, or humor to my American friends

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Shaun Smillie

Spotted at a crime scene, on the bumper of a South African Police Service’s forensics vehicle.

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Crime stories and tales cops tell

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Shaun Smillie

Empty bullet casings litter Sauer street, blue lights flash and a dejected robber sits handcuffed in the back of a police van. Cops and robbers had had a shoot out in the centre of Johannesburg, two people injured and a … Continue reading →

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