The man dubbed the Station Strangler – a serial killer who murdered 22 boys – will walk free after 28 years in jail. Norman Simons was convicted of just one of the murders. Gasant writes the release raises questions about one of SA's most infamous cases:
is among the country’s most influential media voices. Catch his weekly column here.He was the bogeyman of my generation. Yet, the threat of being caught by this serial killer didn’t stop my friends and me from riding our generic brand BMX-style bikes on the dunes they called ‘Die Heuwels’ at the back of Lentegeur in Mitchells Plain.
Back then, a young Afrikaans attorney Koos Louw was Norman’s lawyer. Koos believed with his heart that Norman wasn’t the Station Strangler. Norman was only found guilty of the murder of Elroy van Rooyen, whose body was found in an area called Melton Rose in Eersterivier – some way from Mitchells Plain.
For this reason, Koos never cut his hair since the day Norman was sent to jail. Now an accomplished criminal lawyer, he would be known for his trademark ponytail and the famous reason his greying locks were so long. He vowed only to cut his hair the day Norman was exonerated as the Station Strangler.
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