Three men in court for robbing UCT students on outreach work in Khayelitsha

05 September 2016 - 12:22 By TMG Digital

Three men who robbed a group of University of Cape Town (UCT) students at a health outreach project in Khayelitsha three weeks ago will appear on court on Monday. Western Cape police said that detectives attached to Khayelitsha SAPS “followed up on information received from the community and it led to the arrests of the three men”.“The suspects were charged (with) the robbery of UCT students which occurred three weeks ago in the area. The police recovered some of the items which had been robbed at the house of the suspects‚” a statement said.That robbery led to UCT temporarily suspending its Student Health Services in Khayelitsha.TMG Digital reported in August that the health science students were attacked outside the Ummangaliso Primary School in site B‚ where they were performing part of their clinical training at public health facilities.The group was travelling in a university vehicle en route to collect four more students."As the van slowed down‚ it was approached by three armed gunmen who robbed students of their cellphones and bags. One final-year student was robbed of the entire patient portfolio she had developed as a final-year requirement. She has no way of retrieving this lost information‚" UCT said.UCT's Pat Lucas said at the time: “We are disturbed that out students and staff‚ who were serving the community in Khayelitsha‚ have been attacked in such a way.“We are also deeply aware and very concerned about the high level of crime in Khayelitsha in general‚ it’s a community where some of our staff members and students live and visit.”..

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