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About Abraham Wessels
Abraham Wessels (1958 – 2013)
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Brief Biography:
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- The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
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- Weapons
- Items Stolen
- Investigative officer/SAPS Case No:
- Torture, Gratuitous violence
- Indications of Hate Crime? Threats etc.
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- Trial/Conviction
Additional Biographical Information:
A ROBBER who killed Dalton farmer Abraham Wessels because he was “glaring” at him, has been convicted of murder and sentenced to an effective 20 years in prison.
Ayanda Mathobela, 34, pleaded guilty in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Friday, saying Wessels, 55, had looked aggressive during a robbery at his friend’s farm, Bellview, on June 29.
Mathobela said he and his two cohorts had planned to rob the couple that owned the farm because they were unemployed and needed money.
Judge Thoba Poyo-Dlwati sentenced Mathobela to 20 years for murder and 15 years for aggravated robbery, to run concurrently.
Wessels’s wife, Wendy, said the sentence would not bring her husband back.“My life will never be the same again. This does not change what happened. I lost my husband, my best friend and the father of my children,” she said. “We struggle to come to terms with what happened every day.”
From: Daily News 15 Dec 2014 SHERLISSA PETERS
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Abraham Wessels's Timeline
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1958
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| 2013 |
June 29, 2013
Age 55
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Farm Bell-view, Dalton, U Mshwathi Local Municipality, uMgungundlovu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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