Most wanted man in South Africa surrenders to police

South Africa’s most wanted fugitive, Mark Scott-
Crossley on Wednesday was arrested after
handing himself over to the police in Pretoria. Scott-Crossley escaped
after the police declared him wanted in
connection with the attempted murder of one
Silence Mabunda.
The 37-year-old victim, an employee at the
Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre was
allegedly assaulted by the suspect at a shop in
Hoedspruit while he was buying airtime there in
December 2016. The suspect grabbed and
smashed his cellphone, before driving over him in
an apparent racist attack.
After reporting the case to the police they initially
thought it was a hit and run incident but after a
thorough investigation, a case of attempted
murder was opened against Mark Scott-Crossley.
Speaking after his arrest, Limpopo police
spokesperson, Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo, said
the suspect will appear at the Hoedspruit
Magistrate’s Court on Friday, January 20, 2017.
‘Mark Scott-Crossley will appear in the
Hoedspruit Magistrate’s Court on Friday in
connection with the attempted murder of
Innocent Mabunda. The suspect is alleged
to have knocked him over with his car in
Hoedspruit. He then apparently reversed
over Mabunda as well.’
Mark Scott-Crossley, who is not new to
committing crimes, had been convicted and
sentenced to life imprisonment after he and two
of his farm employees hurled a former farm
worker into a lion enclave in 2005. But after
appealing his life sentence at the Supreme Court
of Appeal in Bloemfontein, his murder conviction
was set aside and changed to five years’
imprisonment.
He was, however, released on parole in August
2008.