Ex-Bok helps in 30-year cold case lead

FORMER Springbok captain Gary Teichman, through his earthworks company Teichman Civils, has donated an excavator to shift tons of beach sand as police continue to search for victims of paedophile Gert van Rooyen at Blythedale beach north of Durban.

Police and forensic investigators broke ground on Wednesday following a fresh lead in the case, which had been cold for almost three decades.

The site of the excavation is a concrete storm drain which runs from a public toilet onto the beach.

Teichman refused to comment on specifics on what the earthmover would be used for.

The beach is believed to be a burial site for girls kidnapped by Van Rooyen in the 1980s. Van Rooyen and his girlfriend Joey Haarhoff were accused of a spree of child kidnappings about 30 years ago. They are thought to have abducted and murdered at least six young girls between 1988 and 1989.

The investigation into Van Rooyen and Haarhoff remains an open police file with an assigned investigating officer.

The bodies of his victims have never been found. — TMG