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UK property mogul Chris Drummond murdered April 6 2010

 

Cape Town – Crime-fighting British property developer Chris Drummond was murdered in Claremont, Cape Town on April 6 2010 -- he did not take his own life as the initial  SAPS crime reports had claimed. The wealthy international property developer was found dead on a Claremont street four storeys below his parked luxury Audi 4x4 on Tuesday, April 6, writes Cape Argus staff writer Murray Williams. It was the hugely successful property mogul who had also launched the Claremont Improvement District Company (CIDC)– which helped crime statistics for the Claremont CDC drop well below the national average. He was only recently quoted as saying in an interview that ‘street children are rarely found in Claremont…”

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Drummond Chris murdered April62010 SAPS claimed suicide Claremont Cape Town Drummond Chris property developer murdered not suicide CapeArgusApril272010 (2) The family hired private consulting forensic scientist David Klatzow to ‘add weight to the investigation’. And the SAPS’ newly-formed "priority crimes unit", the Hawks, were called in within just days, reports The Argus:

"There is no doubt that he was thrown over the building and did not jump," Klatzow said on Monday night. "There was blood on one of the pillars of the parking garage some distance from the parapet, which we're awaiting DNA test results for," he said.  

The Property-Mag interviewed British-born Chris Drummond in March this year, writing that he moved to South Africa in 1983 -- the same year he was elected as a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

“Senior directorships in big corporates kept him busy in Johannesburg, until he zipped off to Spain to develop the luxury residential resort, Miraflores, in Marbella. By then he was a partner in Sage Properties, which he bought out in 1996 on his return to SA – this time to Cape Town.

It’s luxury living on a farm in Africa…

“In 1997, Chris launched New Property Ventures, whose offerings include Arabella Golf Country Estate and Pinnacle Point. But Benguela Cove is clearly the flagship of his portfolio: ‘It’s luxury country living on a farm in Africa,’ says Chris.

‘And then there’s the space. There are only 124 homes on 210ha, making Benguela Cove the lowest-density residential estate in South Africa’.

Sixty-five of those hectares are devoted to vines, which are clearly thriving: the 2007 Maiden Vintage Sauvignon Blanc has already won an award.

Chairman of the Claremont Improvement District Company…

Property Mag also noted that he ‘still  finds time his hectic schedule for the social-upliftment and charity organisations he heads. Chris is chairman of the Claremont Improvement District Company (CIDC), which has been instrumental in the successful urban renewal of the Claremont CBD. Funded by a levy derived from local ratepayers, the CIDC provides additional services, like extra street cleaners and 24-hour security patrols. The company also financed the major road arterial, Claremont Boulevard, to the tune of R24-million. ‘So far, we’ve succeeded in creating an enhanced, safer and cleaner environment, which is attractive to consumers, investors and business owners,’ Chris says. ‘The results speak for themselves: crime statistics have dropped, and, even more significantly, street children are rarely found in Claremont.’

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