Prison authorities say the man known on the Cape Flat as the Station Strangler won’t be released any time soon, despite being up for parole for the past four years.
The Daily Voice can reveal that Norman Afzal Simons will in all probability serve his complete sentence of 35 years in jail, as he is considered a menace to society by authorities.
Simons was arrested in 1994 and a year later, after a brief trial, was convicted for the kidnapping and murder of 10-year-old Elroy van Rooyen. “Kindly note that we have ascertained that claims that the records or documents of the offender in question have gone missing are not true and absolutely devoid of the truth.He confirmed Simons had applied for parole, but it had been denied.
The Station Strangler became a household name after the bodies of 22 young boys were found across the Cape Flats from 1986 to 1994. Three months after nine-year-old Elroy’s body was discovered, Simons, a Grade 5 teacher at Alpine Primary School in Eastridge was arrested for his murder.Since his incarceration, Simons’s lawyer Koos Louw, his mother Evelyn, his sister and some of the parents of the victims have passed away, without ever getting answers.
In May 2014, her sister Jean told the Daily Voice that they knew Simons as he was Neville’s teacher and also dated a girl who lived opposite their grandmother in Tafelsig.
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