1969 The Truth About Lefty Even at parties like the

1969 The Truth About Lefty Even at parties like the one thrown to celebrate his acquittal on a murder rap Lefty found time to show his affection for little Gordon. When two gunmen walked up to Owen Lefty Mthebu outside his Joburg shop and pumped three bullets into his head and chest, they killed one of South Africa's strangset big-time gangsters, and one of the luckiest. Lefty by his own admission, had faced fourteen charges, including several for murder, and actual attempts had, until that September night, come to nothing. (Photograph by Drum Photographer @ Baileys Archives)

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