Cop-killer gets life behind bars

THE Western Cape High Court has sentenced Adrian Hendricks, 22, to life behind bars for the murder of a Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) officer. Hawks Warrant Officer Petrus Holtz, 50, was fatally stabbed on July 29, 2015, leaving behind a son, daughter and wife. Holtz was travelling on the infamous stretch of road between Somerset West and Khayelitsha, dubbed the N2 Hell Run, near Cape Town when he was attacked. He was on his way to the Bellville office early that morning, when his car struck rocks placed on the road. When Judge Robert Henney convicted Hendricks earlier this month, he said Hendricks had used brute force to drive a knife 4cm into Holtz’s leg, severing an artery. Hendricks was sentenced to five years for malicious damage to property, 10 years for attempted robbery and 15 years for robbery with aggravating circumstances. The sentences are to run concurrently. – ANA