Man in tattoo parlour assault case wanted in Ireland too

One of the four men accused of beating up three teenagers and forcing them to drink a poisonous concoction at a Bluff tattoo parlour is also apparently a wanted man in Ireland for the murder of a member of a drug cartel in 2014. According to a report on the IoL site, this emerged during the men’s bail application in the Durban Magistrate’s Court in South Africa last week. Neville Peter van der Westhuizen stood in the dock with his three co-accused – Brandon Ashley Petersen, Jaun Richard Elliott and Leonard Ackerman – while Magistrate Mahomed Motala listened to evidence that surfaced during the initial stages of the investigation. They are accused of attacking four teenagers and killing one of them at a tattoo parlour on 24 February. The men alleged the teens had stolen a cell phone that was on charge at the time. The four are accused of locking the boys inside the tattoo parlour, assaulting them and only releasing them the following morning. One of the youngsters died soon after the incident. The state argued that bail for Van der Westhuizen be denied because the case was currently under investigation by Interpol. Elliott and Ackerman were granted bail of R1 000 each. They are expected to appear in court this week while Petersen and Van der Westhuizen are scheduled to appear later this month for the bail application to continue.