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05-06-2008, 05:32 AM #2521
Polisie, familie soek man met Alzheimers
Potchefstroom. – Polisielede soek steeds onverpoos en familielede wag angstig op nuus nadat ’n bejaarde Alzheimer-lyer die naweek op hul familieplaas gaan stap het en sedertdien vermis word.
Mnr. Adrianus Juyn, beter bekend as Oom Adri (78), ’n oudjoernalis wat onder meer by Rapport, Potchefstroom Herald, Vaderland, Dagbreek, Sondagnuus en redakteur van landboutydskrifte was, is weg.
Hy het Saterdagoggend op die familieplaas Kromdraai naby die stad gaan stap en nie weer teruggekeer nie. Hy het saam met sy dogter, vrou en ander familie vir die langnaweek op die plaas gekuier.
Bekommerde familielede het na Juyn begin soek en die polisie het later ’n uitgebreide soektog in die beboste gebied begin.
Lede van die polisie se berede eenheid, polisieduikers, eenheid vir misdaadvoorkoming en honde-eenheid soek letterlik dag in en uit na hom. Menige Puk-studente onthou Juyn as ’n dosent in joernalistiek en bladuitleg.
Teen laatmiddag gister het die polisie na aanleiding van ’n radioberig inligting gekry dat Juyn glo saam met ’n persoon van die Vredefort-Parys-kruising tot by Rhenosterspruit digby Kroonstad op die S165-roete gery het.
Juyn dra ’n blou trui, grys broek en geruite hemp. Hy is nagenoeg 1,85 m lank en weeg 70 kg. Hy dra ’n bril en is grys met ’n snor en bokbaard.
“Volgens die persoon (wat hom opgelaai het) het hy baie verward voorgekom. Ons doen ’n beroep op enigiemand wat hom gesien het, om hom nie verder te neem nie, maar eerder tot by die naaste polisiestasie te vat,” versoek kapt. Adele Myburgh, polisiewoordvoerder.
Enigiemand met inligting kan kapt. Gemis Taljaard by 082 411 2612 bel.
05-06-2008, 05:35 AM #2522
Red tape stalls release of man's body
More than two months after 37-year-old businessman and diving instructor Spencer Stewart was found dead in a veld near Atteridgeville, his body is still in the morgue.
His relatives are desperately waiting for the results of DNA tests to confirm it is his body.
His father, Richard Stewart, said they had done all in their power to assist the police in getting DNA samples to positively identify the body and then release it to them.
"We want to lay him to rest and get closure," he said.
Stewart said while he understood that the police had to follow the right procedures in releasing the body, he didn't understand why it was taking so long.
He said it had been a month since the DNA samples had been obtained, yet they had not heard from the police as to when they could "bring Spencer home".
Neither had they heard whether there had been progress in the case, he said.
Stewart said he had handed over a 20-page document to the police with faxes, names and telephone numbers of people he suspected were threatening his son.
"It does not take a Sherlock Holmes to investigate the matter and to find out who were involved," he said.
Spencer was killed within hours of landing in Johannesburg from the UK, where he worked.
He had moved to London last year and was not supposed to be in South Africa at the time of his death.
His relatives were not aware he was in the country.
They have no doubt that the body found in the burnt-out Avis rental car was Spencer's.
He was identified by the items found in the car and the vehicle was traced to him.
There is also video footage of him renting the car.
Spencer had a single bullet wound above the rib cage and the family believed it was a hit and not a hijacking.
His burnt-out firearm, a Glock, and bullets were also found in the car, near the driver's seat.
His father said the police were in possession of documents relating to a threat on Spencer's life last year by "named business associates".
"The inspector handling the case, however, has about 150 other cases to investigate and has little chance of finding Spencer's killers," he said.
He said while nothing tangible had been forthcoming from the investigation, "the good news" was that the police docket and the "incriminating documents" would be handed over to the police's organised crime unit.
Attempts by the Pretoria News to find out more about the investigation were futile as the police spokesperson on duty, Captain Thomas Mufamadi, late on Monday said he could not reach the investigating officer.
Stewart said in his opinion the police investigation had been "pathetic".
Stewart said the burnt-out car was taken to the pound shortly after it was found and even before any forensic investigation could be done on the scene.
He said he had inspected the car and handed several of his son's belongings that were in the vehicle to the police.
Stewart said when the Avis investigators looked at the vehicle three days later, they found Spencer's burnt-out firearm inside, and handed it over to the police.
"It is a comedy of errors," he said.
Stewart said he believed the DNA tests to determine the identity of the body had been completed, but were being delayed because of red tape. They wanted to hold a memorial service for Spencer at his former school, St Martins in Rosetenville, but couldn't until they had the body, he said.
"If they can't solve the case, they must at least give us the body so that we can lay him to rest," he said.
05-06-2008, 05:38 AM #2523
Female rape, deaths in SA top US tally
Head of Forensic Pathology at UCT Lorna J Martin, who led the MRC study, said she was surprised the figure wasn't higher.
Signs of rape include stab wounds, bite marks and the location of the female victim's panties, said MRC senior researcher Naeema Abrahams.
But this evidence isn't always exchanged between police and pathologists, said Martin.
05-06-2008, 08:52 AM #2524
Alberton man bludgeoned to death with hammer
An Alberton man was bludgeoned to death with a hammer on Tuesday morning and his gardener has been detained for questioning, police said.
The man's girlfriend was also attacked and is in hospital in a stable condition, said police spokesperson Captain Steady Nawa.
Three men attacked the couple while they were asleep around 4am at their house in Martina Oosthuizen Street.
"The suspects allegedly used a key to gain entry as there was no sign of forced entry. The man was bludgeoned to death with a hammer and his girlfriend was also injured," said Nawa.
The victim's 40-year-old gardener has been detained for questioning but no arrests have been made.
Anyone with more information may contact the Alberton police on (011) 861-6800.
05-07-2008, 02:48 AM #2525
’N Man (41) is dood en sy vriendin (42) in ’n kritieke toestand nadat hulle gister wreed met ’n hamer in hul huis in Alberton aan die Oos-Rand aangeval is.
Mnr. Graham Botes en me. Cheryl Roux is glo gedurende die vroeë oggendure in hul huis in Marthinus Oosthuizenstraat deur drie verdagtes aangeval. Botes se kop is met ’n hamer vergruis en hy het op die toneel aan sy wonde beswyk. Roux is met ernstige kop- en gesigbeserings na ’n hospitaal geneem.
Die paartjie se tuinier, wat by speurders se aankoms glo nog in die tuin gewerk het, is vir ondervraging na die Alberton-polisiestasie geneem.
Nóg ’n verdagte, ’n Zimbabwiër wat glo vir Botes gewerk het, is later vir ondervraging ingeneem.
Insp. Annzuette Erasmus, polisiewoordvoerder, het gesê die paartjie se huis is deurmekaar gekrap. Niks is skynbaar gesteel nie. “Die verdagtes het vermoedelik met ’n sleutel toegang tot die huis gekry.”
Volgens haar het Roux ’n buurvrou geskakel en glo net geskreeu dat hulle aangeval word. “Die buurvrou het ’n veiligheidsfirma en toe die polisie ontbied. Net voordat me. Roux in die hospitaal onder verdowing geplaas is, het sy aan polisielede gesê dat daar drie aanvallers was.”
Mnr. Jimmy Botes (39) het gesê sy broer en Roux het in November verlede jaar ontmoet en dat hulle skaars ’n maand gelede saam by dié huis ingetrek het.
Hy het die moord op sy broer as sinneloos en onmenslik bestempel.
Volgens hom was Botes taamlik swak nadat hy sy heup verlede jaar gebreek en op ’n heupvervangingsoperasie gewag het. Botes is ook ’n paar maande gelede met ’n bofbalkolf aangeval toe hy na ’n apteek gestap het. Jimmy se vrou, René, het gesê dié voorval het veroorsaak dat hy ’n beroerte gehad en later epileptiese aanvalle gekry het.
Botes se ma, Merna (74), was te geskok om met die media te praat.
Botes laat ’n seun, Lindsay (15), wat in Durban woon, asook nog twee broers, Thornton (45) en Noël (43) agter.
Teen gistermiddag was Roux se toestand nog onveranderd.
Gardener held after murder
Johannesburg - An Alberton man was bludgeoned to death with a hammer on Tuesday morning and his gardener has been detained for questioning, police said.
The man's girlfriend was also attacked and is in hospital in a stable condition, said Captain Steady Nawa.
Three men attacked the couple while they were asleep at about 04:00 at their house in Martina Oosthuizen Street.
Anyone with more information may contact the Alberton police.
05-07-2008, 02:51 AM #2526
Egpaar getuig in hof oor aanval op plaas
KIRKWOOD. – “Dank die Here ons leef.”
’n Emosionele mev. Wilma Rigby (75) het gister met dié woorde haar getuienis in die Addo-landdroshof afgesluit oor die Saterdagmiddag wat haar lewe “vir ewig verander het”.
Rigby en haar man, mnr. John Rigby (76), is op 30 Desember 2006 op hul plaas, Southborne, in die Addo-distrik, oorval. Hulle is met kieries en ’n piksteel aangerand en beroof.
Gister, 16 maande later, het die Rigbys die eerste keer weer in hul vermeende aanvallers se oë gekyk.
Mnre. Mzukisi Witbooi, Mabhuti Mithiyo en Eric Lolwana staan tereg op aanklag van poging tot moord, onsedelike aanranding en roof met verswarende omstandighede.
Die drie het op al dié aanklagte onskuldig gepleit.
Witbooi het ook onskuldig gepleit op aanklag van die besit van ’n gesteelde vuurwapen. Mithiyo het egter skuldig gepleit op aanklag van die besit van ’n gesteelde vuurwapen en ammunisie. Lolwana is nie van dié misdrywe aangekla nie.
Mev. Rigby het getuig dat sy só getraumatiseer was in die aanval dat sy ’n hartaanval gekry het.
Sy is kort ná 14:00 op die betrokke middag by die voordeur oorrompel. Die rowers het haar glo met ’n harde voorwerp oor die kop geslaan.
“Ek het neergeval. Hulle het my toe die huis ingesleep – dit was angswekkend. Hulle het my met ’n koord probeer wurg en ’n afdroogdoek in my keel af gedwing om my te versmoor.”
Sy het getuig een van die rowers het ook met sy hand tussen haar bene gevroetel, maar “ek is gelukkig nie verkrag nie”. Hierna het sy haar bewussyn verloor.
Mnr. Rigby het getuig hy het op daardie tydstip op sy trekker deur die lusernland reg langs die huis gery toe die geblaf van die egpaar se boerboel sy aandag getrek het.
“Dit was doodstil in die huis. In die gang is ek oor die kop geslaan dat die bloed geloop het. Ek is geslaan en geskop, vasgebind en in my eie bloed op die vloer gelos.”
Die trane het oor mev. Rigby se wange gerol terwyl haar man getuig het.
Mnr. Rigby moes 35 steke in sy kop kry. Sy regter-elmboog en -gewrig, asook agt ribbes, is gebreek.
Die rowers het die huis omgekeer op soek na geld en waardevolle besittings voordat hulle in ’n nuwe Isuzu-bakkie gevlug het.
Dit het langer as vier uur geduur voordat die egpaar hulself kon bevry en die paniekknoppie kon druk. Hulle is albei in die Kirkwood-hospitaal behandel.
Hoewel van hul besittings by die beskuldigdes gevind is, is die voertuig nooit opgespoor nie.
05-07-2008, 02:59 AM #2527
Turbervill: Accused remanded
Pretoria - A man accused of murdering a Pretoria nursery school principal is yet to be named as one of the accused in the murder of British citizen Fred Picton-Turbervill.
The name of Christavao Fresco Ndima was not added to the Picton-Turbervill murder case charge sheet in the Pretoria Regional Court on Tuesday.
He apparently did not respond to his name when he was being called by the investigating officer in prison.
The four other accused, Rafel Thembe, husband and wife Lucky and Synthia Ntuli and Petro Morkel appeared briefly in the dock.
Thokozane Nhlapo had his charges withdrawn when he appeared in court last Tuesday. He has applied for bail.
The Ntuli couple have been charged with the possession of stolen goods, taken from Picton-Turbervill's home in the January 5 incident.
They may face additional charges relating to the murder.
Morkel and Thembe are facing charges of murder, robbery with aggravated circumstances, housebreaking with intent to rob and unlawful possession of ammunition.
They allegedly broke into Picton-Turbervill's home in Waterkloof Ridge and forced him and his wife and their four children to lie down as they robbed their home.
During the robbery Picton-Turbervill was shot in the head, and he later died in hospital.
His alleged killers made off with a laptop, money, jewellery and cellphones.
The four remain in custody.
Nursery school principal Rinda Abrahams was murdered in the same Waterkloof Ridge area.
05-07-2008, 03:00 AM #2528
Accused admits watching murder
"I watched and did nothing to stop my boyfriend from strangling my friend to death in a Pretoria Hotel."
This was what Bernadee Cilliers, 31, admitted on Tuesday as she pleaded guilty to being an accomplice to the murder of family friend Concelia Mare, and stealing her Mercedes SLK and cellphone two years ago to the day.
Cilliers, of Randpark Ridge, west of Joburg, appeared in the Johannesburg High Court along with her boyfriend Clinton Kramer, 37, on charges of kidnapping, murder, robbery with aggravating circumstances, defeating the ends of justice and another unrelated theft of a motor vehicle in August 2007.
Kramer has pleaded not guilty.
Explaining her role, Cilliers told the court she received a call from Kramer to bring Mare to a Pretoria hotel.
In her written plea, she said she and Mare took drugs before going to the hotel.
"On arrival at the hotel, I received another call from Kramer. He told me: 'Don't walk in first, otherwise you are going to get a hell of a headache'. I knew that Kramer was going to harm my friend, but did not think he was going to kill her," Cilliers said.
She said Kramer started to attack Mare minutes after she entered the hotel room. She claimed that she initially witnessed the assault, before being ordered into the bathroom.
"While in the bathroom, I could hear how Kramer assaulted her and when I came out, I saw him choking Mare.
"I then told him that I needed to get out and he said: 'Get the f*** out'."
State prosecutor Rita Viljoen accepted the plea, but Judge George Maluleke said he wanted a formal letter from the Gauteng director of public prosecutions before he would accept Cilliers' plea explanation.
The case was postponed until Wednesday to this end.
05-07-2008, 03:14 AM #2529
Richter accused to appear soon
Johannesburg - Six people accused of murdering conservationist Franz Richter will appear in the Krugersdorp Magistrate's Court on May 28 when "hopefully" a trial date will be set, his daughter, Gaby Burgmer, said on Tuesday.
Burgmer said the six - Johnson Chirwa, Dumisani Xulu, Gilbert Mosadi, Ronnie Khumalo, Celiwe Mbokazi, and Vincent Dlamini - appeared in court on Tuesday. Further indictments had been brought against them that needed to be investigated before a trial date in Johannesburg's High Court could be set.
"We are absolutely horrified. It is very traumatic being faced by the accused all the time.
"We are hoping to hear of a trial date," she said.
Richter was shot and killed in November last year at his farm, The Heia Safari Ranch.
One of the accused, Mbokazi - Richer's housekeeper and according to her, his customary wife - is reported to have been promised R1m in his will.
None of the accused have been granted bail.
05-08-2008, 03:50 AM #2530
Verdagtes in hamermoord gearresteer; vandag in hof
Die tuinier en nog ’n werker van ’n paartjie wat eergister wreed met ’n hamer in Alberton aan die Oos-Rand aangeval is, is gister in verband met dié aanval gearresteer.
Mnr. Graham Botes (41) en me. Cheryl Roux (42) is eergister in hul huis in Marthinus Oosthuizenstraat glo deur drie mense aangeval. Botes se kop is met ’n hamer vergruis en hy is op die toneel dood, terwyl Roux met ernstige kop- en gesigbeserings na ’n hospitaal geneem is.
Die polisie het bevestig dat bloed op die tuinier (29) se klere gevind is. Die ander verdagte is ’n 32-jarige Zimbabwiër, wat ook glo vir Botes gewerk het.
Die verdagtes sal vandag in die Germiston-streekhof verskyn op aanklagte van moord en poging tot moord.
“Verdere klagte sal moontlik teen die verdagtes aanhangig gemaak word. Ons is op soek na ’n derde verdagte.”
Erasmus het gesê daar was geen teken dat die verdagtes ingebreek het nie.
“Hulle het vermoedelik met ’n sleutel toegang gekry. Die huis is deurmekaar gekrap en Roux se juwele van haar lyf af geruk. Ons sal later kan vasstel of nog iets gesteel is.”
Mev. René Botes, Botes se skoonsuster, het gesê Roux is steeds onder verdowing en in ’n kritieke toestand.