Man Arrested For Threatening Baboon Watch Monitor In Constantia
A 53-year-old man was arrested on Monday, 16 December, after allegedly threatening to kill a Baboon Watch monitor with a firearm and assaulting him in Constantia,
The incident occurred on Saturday, 14 December, on Rhodes Drive, a residential street on the edge of the Table Mountain National Park.
According to the South African Police Service SAPS, the suspect confronted Benson Chapasula, a Baboon Watch monitor, after allegedly hearing gunshots from his property.
The man emerged, reportedly using racial slurs, and then threatened the monitors with a firearm, which he allegedly pointed at another monitor, Nolan Gericke. When the man struggled to cock the gun, Chapasula intervened, only to be struck in the chest and ribs with the weapon.
The situation escalated when the suspect allegedly punched Chapasula while they struggled for control of the firearm.