GREAT BRAK RIVER NEWS - A man was recently found guilty and sentenced to an effective 10 years’ imprisonment for the 2024 murder of Great Brak River man Julian Hansen.
Shannon-Lee Erasmus, also a Great Brak River resident, fatally stabbed Hansen in Wolwedans on the evening of 10 November that year.
He fled the scene when the victim’s sister came upon them and hit him with a stick.
The Great Brak River Police were called to the scene and found Hansen lying unresponsive in a street. He had a stab wound to his left cheek and a second one to the left side of his neck. The paramedics declared him dead on the scene.
The case was handed to Warrant Officer Ferdie Nel of the Great Brak River Police, and Erasmus was arrested shortly afterwards.
The Mossel Bay Regional Court found him guilty on 7 October and sentenced him to 15 years’ imprisonment on 11 October, of which five years is suspended provided he does not commit any murders or attempted murders during the time of suspension.
He was also declared unfit to possess a firearm.
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