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Punched in face, hit on head So says Neville Pillay... Not so, says ex-wife CHANELLE LUTCHMAN NEVILLE and Karol Pillay NEVILLE Pillay, a former radio presenter and comedian, has accused his partner of abuse in a nine-minute video he posted last week. He allegedly recorded the video at 3am last Thursday in a car parked outside a dialysis centre where he received treatment because he had been kicked out of his home. He alleged he had been assaulted by his ex-wife Karol Pillay, with whom he has shared a home for the past few years. “Can you see that? That’s my injuries, okay. That’s from my ex-wife Karol. She beat me up last night, badly, in front of my kids and that was the last straw.” He said he and…
Dad is a ‘master manipulator’ JORDAN Pillay, the 18-year-old daughter of Neville and Karol Pillay, has labelled her father a “master manipulator”. She said she was disappointed by what he had done. “After all that we have done for him and how much we have loved and cared for him, he is going around saying that I’m part of his alleged abuse? It’s shocking because it’s not true. If my mom really beat up my dad, I would stand up for him. No child would want to see her parent hurt,” said Jordan. “When he said that I do nothing for him in that clip, it really hurt me because I have been constantly at his side since his health scare last year. We are with him. We help him…
It is really sad what he has put us through, says ex-wife CHANELLE LUTCHMAN FOR Karol Pillay, her husband Neville’s video came as a surprise. The 47-year-old said three days earlier, she had found out that he had smoked dagga with a friend. “He said he was going to a pharmacy for medication because he had a script,” said Karol. “A few hours went by and he didn’t return. I then found out that he had been smoking weed somewhere. When he got home, I confronted him.” She said she told him that he smelt of cannabis and that she would not allow him into the home. Karol said he told her that it was his business and no one could stop him. “Weed is a trigger of the past…
Reservoir Hills residents say no to land use amendment JANINE MOODLEY CLOSE to 7 000 residents, primarily from Reservoir Hills and surrounding areas, have objected to the proposed amendment to eThekwini’s Land Use Schemes which they believe, if finalised, would allow the city to use vacant public land for temporary housing. The amendment to the central, north, south, Reservoir Hills, inner west and outer west land use schemes was publicised in the media in July and the public had until this week to object. In terms of the proposal, the number of days for the temporary use of any facility, property or infrastructure would be increased from 28 days to 52 days. There is also provision for this period to be extended beyond that with the permission of the head…
Despair for businessman as last three buses torched NADIA KHAN Sibonelo Ngcobo African News Agency/ANA IT COULD be an end of an era for Mahomed Essop Hoosen, whose three remaining buses were torched in an alleged arson attack last Thursday. Hoosen, of Greenwood Park, said he felt disheartened as he watched the buses burn at the depot in Park Station Road. “I don’t have funds to buy new buses,” said the 77-year-old owner of Roselite Coach Tours. “Those were the last of my eight buses. Two are being repaired, and three others were destroyed in the same way in May 2018. My Kia Sportage, which was used to transport the staff, was also burned. I don’t know what I can do.” Hoosen said while the buses were insured, he was…
Mother angry after son’s killer ‘walks free’ NADIA KHAN Supplied A KWADUKUZA mother does not believe justice was served, after one of three men accused of assaulting and killing her son received a suspeded sentence. Dillon Puckree, 24, of Glenhills, was allegedly punched and repeatedly kicked by a group of men, outside a pub, on September 9, 2017. Puckree, a taxi-conductor, later died in hospital. Ruvaal Mudali, 22, Preston Naidoo, 24, and a third accused, then 17, were arrested and charged with the killing. The teenager cannot be named, as he was a minor at the time of the incident. In January this year, Naidoo, who was previously charged with murder, pleaded guilty to assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm. He said he learnt of Puckree’s death the…
