Murder!

[Michael Alexander]

Just hearing bits and pieces, but apparently a person was murdered last night in town. Story goes so far that he had a tiff with some youngsters in the bar last night, they followed him home and knifed him.

The times are not a changing, the times have changed!

:'(

[SandyB]

Ouch ! no  more  the days  of   leaving house unlocked .. car  unlocked ..we  even  left the front  door  open so  that  the dogs had  free  movement ...  Strangely  enough  in  this  so  called  " rough  " neighbourhood  of  woodstock  I  feel  mostly  comparitively safe  ..    but  then  you never know  whts waiting  around the  corner hey ..

[Michael Alexander]

Rumour has it that the victim was a bit of a troublemaker when he had one two many always looking for trouble with people, maybe the wheel turned!

[Robert Bruce]

Even still, being a troublemaker (motormouth) when pissed does not deserve being killed over. What a shame.

[Michael Alexander]

No doubt I'll hear the full story on MOnday, over the fence gossip reckons the murderer was at home, with his kids sleeping, his wife was out having a party at Nitecall, (The bioscope), the victim, had a tiff with her, she threatened to call her husband, which she did, knife involved somewhere, stabbing, knife was dropped off at the Sands Hotel shebeen, ..... the murderer was apparently on a 2nd suspension from work, waiting for an appeal.....

MmmmH! who needs Skynews when you got this Forum.....

:)

[Clive Symes]

What a way we've come.  I though of a quick answer, but realised Oranjamund is just getting into line with the rest of Africa. ( Might is right )
It's a pity, because growing up in Oranjemund was a privalige and I suppose a sheltered enviroment.
If only we could pass some of the lessons in toterance on to others.

[Donald Duck]

If only we could pass some of the lessons in toterance on to others.

Crikey Clive, you've done it again!!! Now you're "totering" around........ ;D

[Pete (RIP)]

Let's not let our selective memories take too strong a hold when we talk about issues such as this murder.  Murders have occurred periodically in Oranjemund over all the years that the town has existed.  Even on this forum there have been people recalling some of those terrible deeds of the past.  The notable aspect is that they are not the norm and this indication that the situation has not changed.   On the other hand, should the the town be proclaimed it is highly likely that the "real world" will descend on us.  As a result crime across the spectrum can be expected to increase.   That's the reality of the World today.  Let's just change our mindsets and prepare ourselves for it.

[Warren Weidemann]

Hey Mike, you heard Pete... :o

I would like to place an advance order for 5Km of electric fence, 500 tins of tomato soup, 4 automated machine gun nests and a 20Kg bag of salt (for the tomato soup).

Anybody know how to build a moat?

[Michael Alexander]

No probs warren, the soup.....Royco or Koo?

???


and will you be fetching it, or will you send Denise to do the shopping again...?

;)

[Warren Weidemann]

Denise and the kids will be fetching the stuff. While I protect the TV.
I'm an equally opportunity employer...

[Michael Alexander]

Don't say that too loudly, Denise might hear you.....   :-X

[Clive Symes]

Pete,
What about an ADT franchise with Trelli and Maxi door  businesses on the side.

We joke about it, but its a fact of rlife now - I must admit it was great growing up in the relative safety of the closed town, we all adapt.

[Pete (RIP)]

Hi Clive ~  That's exactly the type of suggestion I've been making to local existing, and prospective, entrepreneurs.  It doesn't matter where you are in the World - security related services are a winner.  Now's definitely the time for people to start considering future business opportunities, irrespective of the field. 

[Dalene Steenkamp (Coetzee)]

I recall a murder from 1978 - my dad, Big Dirk, handled the investigation.  Don't know if I'm allowed to mention names, but the case did go to court and was finalised.  A guy called Grant van Eeden killed another "appie" - stabbed him with a knife several times -,  took the dead guy down to the river, cut the seatbelts of his car, tied some big stones to the guy and dumped the body in the water. 

Then I also recall a murder case on a girl from Oranjemund (I think the surname was Alcock) who, at that stage lived in J'burg.  Staal Burger, a well known investigator in his time, came down to Oranjemund as part of the investigation.  Apparrently the guilty party was only caught after about 20 years later, when one night he spilled the beans about his crime in a pub to another guy.  That bloke went to the police with the story, so...................