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Farm attack: Man begged for life (April 11, 2017) |
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By: Hawk Date: April 4, 2018, 6:45 pm |
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SOURCE : LowVelder |
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https://lowvelder.co.za/382934/farm-attack-man-begged-life/ |
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Farm attack: Man begged for life |
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�Before they killed him, I could hear him screaming so hard, |
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asking them not to kill him. But they did� |
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BARBERTON � Peet van Es (55) begged his attackers to spare his |
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life before he was brutally murdered during a farm attack in his |
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home on Friday night. |
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His wife, Ms Arine Prins, recounted the night of horror to |
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Lowvelder on Saturday. �Don�t kill me, you can take anything you |
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want� she recalls hearing. |
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He was nonetheless stabbed to death, while Prins and a friend, |
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Mr Michael Watt, were assaulted by five armed men. She said the |
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attackers wore balaclavas. They entered the house at Moseley |
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Farm on the R40 outside Barberton shortly after 20:00. |
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ALSO READ: Man killed and two assaulted during farm attack |
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https://lowvelder.co.za/346784/what-burglars-dont-want-you-to-know/ |
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Van Es and Prins were originally from the Netherlands, but moved |
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to South Africa many years ago. Prins was badly bruised. She |
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told the newspaper that three armed men entered the house and |
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two followed them later. �My husband was sleeping upstairs and |
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we were downstairs when they arrived. They told us to be quiet |
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and immediately took my phone. They tied our hands and legs |
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using speaker wires. |
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�They assaulted me, demanding to know where we kept the safe. |
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They covered my head with a plastic bag and used a pillow trying |
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to suffocate me. They put me on the water bed and tried to rape |
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me, but couldn�t.� |
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During her ordeal, some of the men went upstairs and stabbed her |
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husband in the back. She wasn�t sure how many. |
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�Before they killed him, I could hear him screaming so hard, |
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asking them not to kill him. But they did,� she said. �He told |
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them to take anything they wanted, but that didn�t stop them. |
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�They took the jewellery I was wearing and other things in the |
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house before leaving. After they left, I screamed for help. |
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Fortunately the neighbours heard me,� said Prins. |
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The suspects left after 00:00. Hi-Tech Barberton arrived at the |
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scene first. Mr Sakkie Dednam of Hi-Tech said they received the |
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call-out at 00:36 and responded immediately. Officers arrived at |
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00:50. �Upon their arrival, the deceased was already dead,� he |
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said. |
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According to police spokesman, Brig Leonard Hlathi, they are |
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investigating the murder and house robbery. Nobody has been |
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arrested. He confirmed that Van Es was stabbed with an unknown |
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object when a struggle ensued between him and the suspects. |
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They stole various electrical appliances, including televisions |
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and the victim�s vehicle. The vehicle was later discovered |
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abandoned in Brander Street, Mbombela by Hi-Tech Nelspruit, said |
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according to business employees in the area it was likely |
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abandoned there since the weekend. �A community member who read |
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the article spotted it and informed us. Some of the people said |
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they first saw it on Monday morning,� Police were were also |
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called to the scene. |
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Provincial police commissioner, Lt Gen Mondli Zuma, condemned |
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the attack. �To anyone that is involved in this kind of evil, |
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you can run but you cannot hide. It is only a matter of time |
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before we catch you, then send you to where people like you |
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belong,� said Zuma. |
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Anyone with information that may assist the investigation can |
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call Lt Col Ruben Pilusa on 071-525-1839 or their nearest police |
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station. |
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A memorial will be held for Van Es on the farm at 15:00 on |
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Friday. |
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