Robbers Glue Victim to Exercise Cycle
Pastor Dale Morgan
Robbers Glue Victim to Exercise Cycle*
The Associated Press
Friday, May 4, 2007; 1:35 PM
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- A gang of armed robbers forced a man to
strip naked and then glued him to his exercise bike and sealed his lips
with more glue while they ransacked his house, according to a published
report.
Kobus van Deventer, 50, was left stuck to the bike with super-strong
glue for three hours until he was rescued by his girlfriend, the South
African Press Association reported.
Van Deventer was carjacked Wednesday while driving in Johannesburg's
northern suburbs, the association reported.
His assailants, dressed in suits and armed with handguns and an
automatic assault rifle, forced their way into van Deventer's car and
made the property developer drive to his house.
"The victim was then forced to strip, after which he was super-glued to
the seat of an exercise bicycle, his hands were super-glued as were his
feet and then his mouth was super-glued shut," Mark Stokoe, spokesman
for emergency services Netcare 911, told SAPA. Workers from Netcare, a
private company, provided aid at the scene.
Stokoe said the robbers ransacked van Deventer's house and safe while
"helping themselves to Chivas Regal and the like."
South Africa has one of the highest crime rates in the world, with about
50 people being slain everyday. The government is desperate to counter
the country's violent image, especially in the run up to the soccer
World Cup it will host in 2010.