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Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Farmer Thinus Uitenweerde, quadruplegic wife dead: Reitz
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'Five armed black men forced us to kill farmer Thinus Uitenweerde, and terrorise his family,'...
... claimed two arrested youths at the Kroonstad magistrate's court: arrested for the vicious farm attack in Reitz - when the farmer's quadruplegic wife Margriet also was so brutally assaulted that she has since died; and his mother Bella, 85, (below) was raped. The two traumatised, frail Afrikaner women were only found 22 hours later...
2012-02-20 Marlene Jordaan of Volksblad daily writes from Kroonstad magistrate's court: KROONSTAD. – Two 17-year-old black male youths, charged with two counts of murder, one of rape, three counts of assault and of armed robbery - have denied guilt for the gruesome murder of Afrikaans farmer Thinus Uitenweerde, 55, of Reitz.
They also denied that they had fatally assaulted his quadruplegic wife Margriet, 57, and denied that they had raped his 85-year-old mother Bella Uitenweerde.
Mrs Margriet Uitenweerde has died of the traumatic injuries sustained in the assault.
The two black youths claim in their plea-explanation before judge Albert Kruger that five unknown, armed black males had shown up on the farm and ordered them to carry out their deeds.
Mr Uitenweerde was found buried in a shallow grave near the homestead: his hands and feet were tied together and his head was wrapped up with a scarf. He had a bludgeoning-injury to the back of his head and police found a blood-covered hammer in one of the out-buildings: the Uitenweerdes had been renovating this room for one of the young accused men to live in: he was doing odd jobs on the farm.
Mr Martin Uitenweerde junior, the murdered farm-couple's son, broke down in court when he was asked to identify his father's bundle of keys.
SAPS detective-capt Schweppes Moshuaduba testified that these keys were pointed out to him with some tools, meat and a bottle of small coins by one of the two suspects: they also pointed out two sports-bags belong to the murdered farmer.
Two cellphones and a wallet belonging to the Uitenweerde couple also were found beneath a mattress of one of the two male youths.
The two youngsters were arrested in a nearby township within hours after the farm-attack was discovered 22 hours later.
And these 'youths' may not be identified, and must be tried as 'children' for these horrendous crimes.
Adv Jannie Botha is the public prosecutor, Adv Pieter Nel represents the two youths. - Volksblad http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Uitenweerde-moord-Tieners-ontken-skuld-201202207
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‘ His feet and wrists were tied up, his face was covered with a scarf, he was dumped in a shallow grave: and his skull was crushed by large stones ’PREVIOUS REPORT -- 2011-08-02 REITZ - Afrikaner farmer Thinus Uitenweerde, 55, was tied up, dumped in a shallow grave next to his homestead, and stoned to death on July 31 2011 at 1pm.
Volksblad journalists M J Lourens and Jana van der Merwe write in Volksblad daily that his body was discovered by police on the farm Alliesrust. His disabled wife Magriet and his 84-year-old mom Bella are in hospital: both women were brutally assaulted and then tied up. The assault took place on July 31 2011 at 1pm. The two frail women were only found 22 hours later.
The news media said it was an 'armed robbery' because two cellphones, an old hifi set and the murdered farmer's wallet were found in the possession of two black 'youths' who were arrested several hours later in the local Petsana township. The police launched their search for the farmer after Mr Uitenweerde's son Martin, who lives in Bethlehem, tried to phone his dad and grandmom. The Bethlehem police tracker-dog unit was called in and rushed to the farm. When Martin Uitenweerde showed up, the police as already on the scene. He heard his mom call for help from inside the house.The police searchers found his body about 100m from the homestead near a ruin where the attackers had tried to hide the grave with leaves and sticks. The son burst into tears when police discovered the gruesome find: Mr Uitenweerde's skull was 'probably crushed by the large stones from the ruin. His feet were tied with a black shoe-lace, his hands with a nylonrope and they had put a scarf around his face.' Martin said his father was 'a man on his own, a very helpful man, He would help anybody whenever it was possible for him to do so.' http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/In-die-graf-is-boer-gestenig-20110801
Martin Uitenweerde, son of the murdered farmer, sits weeping in the veld after police told him that his father’s body was found in a shallow grave. Pictures by M J Lourens of Volksblad newspaper.
The Uitenweerde family’s humble homestead in Reitz: scene of the horrific double-murder and rape: : clearly these were not ‘wealthy white farmers’…
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