Sizzlers massacre
| Sizzlers massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of the history of Cape Town | |
  Sea Point Sea Point (South Africa) | |
| Location | 7 Graham Street, Sea Point, Cape Town[1][2] |
| Coordinates | 33°54′51″S 18°23′23″E / 33.9141°S 18.3898°E |
| Date | 20 January 2003 |
| Weapons | Guns, knives |
| Deaths | 9 |
| Injured | 1 |
| Victims | Warren Visser Aubrey Otgaar Sergio de Castro Stephanus Fouche Johan Meyer Gregory Berghau Travis Reade Timothy Boyd Marius Meyer[1] |
| Perpetrators | Adam Roy Woest Trevor Basil Theys[1][3] |
The Sizzlers massacre took place in Sea Point, Cape Town on 20 January 2003. Nine people were murdered and one person was severely injured in a hate crime against the queer community.[4][5]
The victims were shot and killed at a gay massage parlour named Sizzlers at 7 Graham Road. Adam Roy Woest and Trevor Basil Theys were convicted for the crime.[1][3] Woest stated that the initial reason for targeting the massage parlour was to rob it and steal money that Woest and Theys believed was held onsite.[3] Judge Nathan Erasmus described it as the "worst massacre that Cape Town and the country has ever seen."[4]
Woest and Theys were both found guilty of 9 counts of murder and one count of attempted murder, and sentenced to life in prison.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Petition against Sizzlers' killer's release on parole reaches close to 7000". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ "Gay Massacre | Journeyman Pictures". www.journeyman.tv. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ a b c "Theys's Sizzlers confession". News24. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ a b Barnes, Clayton (19 January 2008). "Sizzlers massacre remains a mystery". Independent Online. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ^ "2003: Nigel Pierce remembers the Sizzlers massacre in Sea Point". CapeTalk. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ Staff Reporter (16 March 2004). "Sizzlers killers get life". The Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
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