Sizzlers massacre

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]

Sizzlers massacre
Part of the history of Cape Town
Sea Point is located in South Africa
Sea Point
Sea Point
Sea Point (South Africa)
Location7 Graham Street, Sea Point, Cape Town[1][2]
Coordinates33°54′51″S 18°23′23″E
Date20 January 2003
WeaponsGuns, knives
Deaths9
Injured1
VictimsWarren Visser
Aubrey Otgaar
Sergio de Castro
Stephanus Fouche
Johan Meyer
Gregory Berghau
Travis Reade
Timothy Boyd
Marius Meyer[1]
PerpetratorsAdam Roy Woest
Trevor Basil Theys[1][3]

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

References
  1. "Petition against Sizzlers' killer's release on parole reaches close to 7000". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  2. "Gay Massacre | Journeyman Pictures". www.journeyman.tv. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  3. "Theys's Sizzlers confession". News24. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  4. Barnes, Clayton (19 January 2008). "Sizzlers massacre remains a mystery". Independent Online. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  5. "2003: Nigel Pierce remembers the Sizzlers massacre in Sea Point". CapeTalk. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  6. Reporter, Staff (16 March 2004). "Sizzlers killers get life". The Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
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