Weekend Argus (Saturday Edition)
Sizzlers massacre survivor plans tell-all book
IN 2003, Quinton Taylor’s life changed forever. Taylor was the sole survivor of the Sizzlers massacre which left nine of his friends dead at the hands of mass killer Adam Woest.
Now he hopes to share his experience in a book.
Taylor has already written the first part of a three-part autobiography series for which he hopes to receive funding to have it published, and assistance with the editing.
The book, A Life Redeemed, The Story of the Sizzlers Massacre Survivor, is being shared via Airfunding, and Taylor took to the Airfunding page detailing how he had lost his home during a fire in 2017 in Knysna and worked as a shuttle driver.
“I have finished the first book, all I need help with now is to get it edited.
“I have already started with the second book. Where the first one leaves off, the second one begins.
“I am stuck since I do not know how to operate this Airfunding and that is why I am asking people to join the page and share it.”
On the page, Taylor pours his heart out, detailing how he lost his home and income. “I am really down now financially.”
In August, Taylor said he was disappointed that a Western Cape High Court judge’s decision could be reviewed for a parole bid by Woest.
“I am not happy about it. For them to even think of releasing Adam Woest, especially since he was the instigator. He was sentenced to 25 consecutive life terms with no possibility of parole, ever. So, the fact that a high court judge can be overruled is concerning.
“I am very unhappy and I will do what I need to do or be a part of anything I can be a part of to stop this, to kill it in its tracks.
“This is shameful and an embarrassment.
“I am very confused as to why they would even think of allowing it. He is a murderer,” he said.
Taylor was the key witness in the case and had helped to secure the arrest of co-accused Trevor Theys after recognising his photograph in a police file.
He was kept in witness protection then. In 2004, the court ruled that Woest and Theys would never be considered for parole.
Woest, a waiter, along with Theys, a taxi driver, were convicted of and sentenced for nine murders at a gay massage parlour in Sea Point in January 2003.
They tied up 10 men, shot them, and slit their throats.
The victims were Warren Visser, Aubrey Otgaar, Sergio de Castro, Stephanus Fouche, Johan Meyer, Gregory Berghau, Travis Reade, Timothy Boyd and Marius Meyer.
Otgaar was the owner of the parlour.
The motive behind the killings is believed to have been a botched robbery, but this was never proven.
The Department of Correctional Services said they were in the process of tracing all of Woest’s victims for presentations before the parole board and also made contact with Weekend Argus to reach Taylor.
To help Taylor follow the link. He has raised no funds to date:
https://www.airfunding.net/ project/477819?hl=en&utm_ source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=my_project_share_collaborators&utm_content=project_id_477819