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20110606

Car-guard; African curios dealer; and frail old man killed June 4

Car-guard Chantelle Vorster 26 shot dead in Pretoria street ; Robert Cobb 92 strangled in Randhart Alberton home;  Canadian farmer/African curios dealer Frank Gaudin 73 tortured to death on his African Artifacts Farms business  2.5 years after wife  Sandra was also murdered on same Randfontein farm… 
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Chantelle Vorster, 26, car-guard, shot dead shop church street, Pretoria West 2011-06-05 - Pretoria. Mrs Chantelle Vorster, 26, who worked as a car-guard at the Kit Kat CashCarry in Church Street, Pretoria West, was shot dead trying to save the lives of a businessman and a security guard. Vorster Chantelle_wasshotdeadCarGuardJune42011Pretoria The two men were attacked by two armed black men when Mrs Vorster stormed in, trying to help them. The guard was shot in the knee while a man was robbed at gunpoint of R92,000 in cash. (source: Gerhard Pretorius, Beeld). Mrs Vorster leaves her husband Marko and a six-year-old son.An eye witness described to Mr Pretorius that 'Chantelle rushed up and the next minute I just heard gunshot and she fell. I could not believe it,' said the man, his hands still trembling.Mrs Vorster's employer Ahmed Gani, the MD of the business, has extended his sympathy and condolances to the Vorster family. He also offered a R50,000 reward to anyone who could provide information leading to the arrests of the gunmen."It is a terrible thing which happened here. It's unnecessary for someone to die. When the shots were fired, everybody fell flat and hid.'Her immediate supervisor Mrs Henta du Plessis said Chantelle 'was one of the friendliest people I knew. Always working hard, always a smile on her face. It's horrific that she died that way.'SAPS capt Bonginkosi Msimango said the gangsters also robbed another person inside the shop of R30,000. The security guard was in stable condition at hospital.The police captain said the murderers got clean away. 'We are following up all leads' he said.  http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Karwag-sterf-toe-sy-rowers-wil-keer-20110605

Ex-security man Robert Cobb, 92, tied up and murdered, Alberton: sons live in UK
Cobb Robert 92 murdered Alberton June42011 Beeld 2011-06-05 -  92 jarige mnr. Robert Cobb, who used to work in the security services, was found murdered, presumably strangled to death, in his Edward Avenue, Randhart, Alberton home on June 4. He had been trussed up hands-and-feet. He was last seen alive on Thursday. Picture and story by Wolfram Zwecker, Beeld. A long-time girlfriend, Ms Wendy Dagnin, who saw him regularly and also bought his groceries for, said his sons, Paul and John, contacted her from the UK where they have lived for the past ten years, saying they were unable to reach their father by cellphone. "Their father usually phoned them every Friday or Saturday,' she said. "I last saw him Wednesday when I visited him. I stopped by as frequently as I could to see if he needed something and would buy it for him,' se said. She went to the house after receiving the SMS messages from the sons and found the murdered man's body at 9:30am.  SAPS lt-col  Lungelo Dlamini said Mr Cobb was also seen on Thursday by neighbours. It is suspected that he was attacked on June 4. The outside stoop lights were still burning, wrote Zwecker. "It is suspected that Mr Cobb's own handcuffs were used to restrain him. He used to work in security. shoe-laces were used to tie up his feet.A blanket was tied over his head. There were two laptop computers missing and apparently also his watch.Mr Cobb lived alone: his housekeeper disappeared about a month earlier. The Animal Welfare Society picked up Mr Cobb's fox-terrier yesterday.
http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/92-jarige-se-lyk-gekry-na-huisinbraak-20110605

Canadian-born farmer Frank Gaudin 73, was tortured to death on his African Artifacts farm near the historic Blaauwbank goldmine – wife Sandra was also murdered in their homestead on Dec 23 2008. The international wholesaler in African curios ran the Wild Animals and Bird Haven Farm on Main Road, Blaauwbank in Randfontein. Nothing seemed stolen: even his cars were at the farm.  Five months earlier, one of two Mozambiquan brothers accused of Sandra Gaudin’s murder was sentenced to life; the brother remains at large…

 GaudinFrank73murderedJune42011wifeSandraMurdrdDec232008_nearBlaauwbankHistoricGoldMineRandfonteinMr Gaudin was an international wholesale dealer in African curios whose business was located in the same region as the historic Blaauwbank Gold Mine. His wife Sandra was also murdered there on December 23 2008. Gaudin, 73, was found tortured to death, hidden inside a crack of a rocky overcrop on his farm. SAPS capt Appel Ernst of Randfontein confirmed that Mr Gaudin's mutilated body was found at 5pm. Ín January this year, Judge Gerhard Hatting sentenced one of the two Mozambiquan brothers who killed Mrs Gaudin, Teleo Valente Matimbe (25) to a lifetime in prison at the Johannesburg High court. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Lewenslank-vir-man-wat-vrou-op-plaas-vermoor-20110117  The brother remains missing. Revenge for the sentencing is not ruled out as a motive, according to well-informed sources .

Mr Gaudin's neighbours reported the farmer-businessman missing on Friday-morning at the Randfontein police station and a massive man-hunt was launched for him. All his vehicles are still on the farm. Even the dams were pumped empty to determine whether he may have drowned, she said. Beeld was unable to confirm reports that Mr Gaudin had been trussed up tightly, and that rags were tied over his head. The police would not provide the death cause until a forensic examination had confirmed it, said Capt Ernst. His only son in South Africa, Paul Gaudin, 34 of Vanderbijlpark said the family is horribly shocked and traumatised. 'Nobody deserves to die like that,' said the son. He said his father started the business, African Artifacts Farms, in 1973. He built it from scratch and built up a successful enterprise. I will always remember by dad as a hard and direct man, a good businessman.' Two sons from his second marriage Frank, 37 and Michael, 32, are expected in SA from Australia. Mr Gaudin is also survived by a son from his first marriage, Mark.  The police investigating officer is lt.col Gert Kruger, tel 0112788100 or 0824132635 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Niemand-verdien-om-so-dood-te-gaan-nie-20110606

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