Sexy Boy spends big
The reputed leader of the Sexy Boys and other gangsters watched yesterday as exotic cars previously owned by Cape Town businessman Mark Lifman were sold at a SARS auction. Two Porsche Cayennes were sold for R425000 and R230000 to bidders who appeared to be taking instructions from reputed gang leader Jerome "Donkie" Booysen, who was standing with about 20 other gangsters at the back of the auction room situated in Montague Gardens.The successful bidders left immediately after the Porsches and a Lexus sedan were sold.The Lexus was sold for R90000 to another bidder, who said he intended to resell it for at least R150000.The cars were the items with the highest value at yesterday's auction, which also included computers, television sets, printers and a large quantity of office equipment and furniture.A policeman observing the auction confirmed that the men who were bidding were from the Sexy Boys gang.Lifman owns a string of properties and nightclubs throughout the Western Cape and is a known associate of alleged druglord Booysen.He also has political connections. In 2014 he was photographed by the Sunday Times at President Jacob Zuma's birthday rally in Athlone in the company of then ANC provincial chairman Marius Fransman.In October Lifman and Andre Naude were cleared of hundreds of charges in a Cape Regional Court bouncer case that exposed infighting plaguing the industry.In 2009 Lifman was acquitted in the Atlantis Regional Court of having sex with boys under the age of consent.He pleaded not guilty to charges of indecently assaulting seven boys, the attempted murder of a man who allegedly procured the boys and defeating the ends of justice.A Cape Town High Court ruling in June, which dealt with a bid by Lifman to set aside judgments against him, declared that he and six of his close corporations owed the revenue service about R13-million.SARS declined to provide further information yesterday."SARS has an obligation to preserve the secrecy of taxpayer information. We don't comment on taxpayers' affairs," said spokesman Sandile Memela...
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