ON THE face of it he doesn’t cut a particularly intimidating figure. He walks with difficulty on his prosthetic leg, sticking close to his wife as he walks towards the front gate of his Centurion home, where a trio of yapping Pekingese are attempting to make a run for it.
But don’t be fooled: Joe Coetzer is one of South Africa’s most formidable cops – and he has the battle scars to show for it. Bullet wounds in his remaining leg and a missing right thumb bear testament to his years on the crime-fighting frontline – but it’s his missing leg that really tells the story of how he’s become the scourge of the criminal underworld.
