CCTV and alibis take centre stage in Reiger Park killings bail bid

By Levy Masiteng 

The bail applications of three men accused of killing two Anti-Gang Unit police officers and two women in Reiger Park have been postponed to 8 September, when the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court is expected to continue hearing evidence and view CCTV footage central to the defence’s case.

Regan Cheslin Collis, 23, Jamal Meyer, 24, and Elvino Levert Crafford, 27, appeared together in the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday to apply for bail, which the State is opposing.

The three are accused in connection with the 7 August shooting in Reiger Park, Ekurhuleni, in which Anti-Gang Unit constables Thapelo Tlomatsana and Sphiwe Sibeko and civilians Roleen Lessing and Jaydin Magerman were killed.

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Much of Tuesday’s proceedings centred on the accused’s accounts of where they were when the shooting took place and the extent to which CCTV footage