Tag: Kempton Park

Mother shot dead in her driveway

A case of murder has been opened following last night’s shooting where a white woman (36) was shot dead in her driveway in Esther Park.

The woman lived alone with her three children and full-time nanny.

According to Sebenza SAPS spokesperson, Const Sharon Tsotsotso, the woman came from work and ran herself a bath. A few minutes later her nanny knocked on the door and asked if she was expecting anyone because a silver Toyota Yaris was hooting at the front gate.

“The woman went outside to see who it was. The nanny told police the woman came back into the house to get her ID and the remote for the gate.

As she opened the gate, a man in the left back seat of the car stuck his gun out of the window and shot the woman six times in her upper body. She died on the scene,” said Tsotsotso.

It is believed there were three black suspects in the car. The motive for the murder is unknown.

The woman’s children are staying with a family friend and counselling will be arranged for them by Sebenza SAPS.

Source: Kempton Express

White elderly couple’s throats slit

Johannesburg – Gauteng police have arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of an elderly couple from Kempton Park, east of Johannesburg, this week, according to a report on Friday.

Marie Sim, 68, and her husband Leon Sim, 71, who ran Anneliens Guest House in Creswell Park, were both found with their throats slit, Beeld reported.

According to the couple’s eldest son John Sim, his parents had had a long-standing dispute about money and the loan of a generator with a tenant who lived on the property.

“Wednesday was D-Day. My dad would have demanded both the money and the generator, otherwise he planned to lay a charge of theft with the police,” he told Beeld.

The bodies were discovered on Thursday by the couple’s domestic worker, Thembi Radebe.

Leon Sim’s body was found in the garden, while Marie Sims was found in her home. The suspects had tried to burn her corpse by pouring swimming pool chemicals over it and setting it alight.

Reacting to a tip-off from the public, police managed to arrest a male and a female suspect within a few hours. – Sapa