André Stander

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André Stander (born around 1946 ; † February 13, 1984 in Fort Lauderdale ) was a South African captain of the South African Police who began robbing banks himself in the 1970s. Sometimes he would rob a bank during the lunch break and later return to the scene as the investigating officer.

Life

Stander's father, Frans Stander, was a general in the South African police force and the head of the police dog school in Pretoria .

André Stander was a member of the Robbery and homicide division of the Johannesburg police force . After robbing numerous banks within about three years, he was caught red-handed by his own colleagues and subsequently sentenced to 75 years in prison. In prison he met his fellow inmates Allan Heyl and Patrick McCall . The three of them managed to escape in the early 1980s.

He and his two accomplices began to rob banks again under the name “Stander Gang”. McCall was killed on January 30, 1984 in South Africa during a police raid on the gang's hideout in Houghton Estate . Heyl fled to Greece , then England and Spain and back to England, where he was sentenced to nine years in prison for robbery and illicit gun possession. He was extradited to South Africa. Here he has now been sentenced to 33 years in prison. He was released on probation in 2005.

André Stander himself fled to the USA and was killed in a shootout by a police officer in 1984. The only surviving gang member Allan Heyl claimed in an interview with the South African broadcaster SABC in 2002 that Stander had deliberately made it a point to be killed. During a car inspection, he is said to have provoked the inspecting officer until his colleague took up a gun.

Others

  • In 2003 the story of the Stander Gang was filmed; the film Stander is an action drama with Thomas Jane in the lead role.
  • On April 17, 2020, Allan Heyl, the last member of the Stander Gang, died.

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personal data
SURNAME Stander, André
BRIEF DESCRIPTION south african robber
DATE OF BIRTH around 1946
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1984
Place of death Fort Lauderdale