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Wedding guest Wilfred Berrington murdered at SA hotel, 2 suspected gunmen arrested
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20090424 Wilfred Roddrick Berrington, 60, murdered at Muldersdrift Avianto rural hotel -
- The total number of known murders on smallholdings/farms in South Africa since 1994 now stands at 3,056. For the alphabetic listing, see
Beeld Afrikaans newspaper reports on May 18 2009 that two accused gunmen have appeared in court in connection with the murder of 60-year-old Wilfred Roddrick Berrington, a guest who was attending a wedding at the Muldersdrift Avianto smallholding party venue on April 24 2009.
The residents at all the Muldersdrift/Kameeldrift smallholdings areas near Pretoria are targetted very frequently by such armed gangs. This facility was described as a ‘secured’ area with private security guards.
The two suspects, Phelelani Zuma (24) of Diepsloot squatter camp, and Phumelelo Mlilo (29) of Berea in downtown Johannesburg, were not asked to plead at the Krugersdorp magistrate’s court. They were ordered by the magistrate to remain in custody until 25 May, when they are expected to apply for bail before they will be asked to plead to any charges. The Afrikaans newspaper reports that Berrington was attacked and killed when he had briefly left the wedding party to fetch something in his nearby room, reports journalist Amanda Roestoff
http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2518608,00.html
Such ‘safe, secure’ venues are widely recommended as ‘safe’ hotels for the many foreign visitors who are expected at the FIFA World Cup 2010 football tournaments, which are starting their first semi-finals soon in South Africa. Also see the forum on how foreign visitors to the World Cup 2010 can get around South Africa safely and at
May 9 2009 - attack at Venter farm, Vergenoeg, Petrusburg – four suspects arrested
Free State police also report that three suspects appeared in the Petrusburg Magistrates' Court on 14 May 2009, on charges of housebreaking, theft and attempted murder. The case was postponed for further investigation and for the suspects to seek legal representation.
The three were arrested by DI Mpata on 12 May 2009 in Bolokanang township near Petrusburg. The three accused, 22-year-old Jan "Toffy" Motete, 35-year-old Steven Sibongile Khuze and 25-year-old Esau " Chikoya" Lemane were ordered to appear in court again on 22 May 2009. The fourth (unnamed) suspect was arrested on 14 May 2009 at about 19:00 in Turflaagte in Bloemfontein and appeared at Petrusburg Magistrates' Court on Monday, 18 May 2009.
- According to the charge sheets in court, it is alleged that on 8 May 2009 at about 19:00, four suspects arrived on the Vergenoeg farm in Petrusburg, owned by the Venter family. Two suspects previously worked at the farm and were well informed about the routine of the farm owners.
Allegations are that the four suspects broke a window, gained access to the house and started looting it. The farm owner upon his return noticed that the window was broken and went inside to get a torch while his wife waited outside. He found the house ransacked. He went outside to investigate and met with the four suspects who assaulted him.
- His wife ran and locked herself in the outside toilet from where she managed to phone their son who called the police. Realising that Mr Venter was no longer moving while being assaulted, the suspects assumed fled with the stolen goods. Mr Venter suffered injuries to his face and was treated by a local doctor.
The stolen hi-fi system was later found in the veld, indicating that the suspects dropped it as it was too heavy to carry. The stolen cellphone and some of the stolen clothes were found during the arrest of the first suspect “who confessed everything and led the police to the other suspects,’ reports sergeant N P Mbambo, tel (051) 5076472, Cellphone: 0824556030 Email fsprovcommun@saps.org.za
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