Andries S du Toit

Andries "Dries" du Toit (1956 – 2012)

Brief overview:

Andries (56), was killed and members of his family assaulted in the early hours of Saturday morning, police said.

Dries and his wife Lettie and his sister, Elizabeth de Villiers, were asleep in their farm house when a gang of at least 5 men broke into their home at around 04:10. Dries was beaten to death with a metal object. Lettie, who was in the bed next to him, was also beaten with the iron object, and suffered serious injuries. Her head required stitching, some of her teeth were broken, and she suffered a broken rib. Elizabeth suffered minor injuries during the attack.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
  • The wife of the farmer was severely assaulted and admitted to hospital and the farmer's sister was slightly injured during the incident
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Farm/Smallholding
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)

Attack Details:

• Date and time of attack
• Weapons
• Items Stolen
  • Electrical equipment to the value of R2000 ($250) was stolen before the attackers fled the scene. One week before the attack,
• Investigative officer/SAPS Case No:
• Torture, Gratuitous violence
• Indications of Hate Crime? Threats etc.

Perpetrator details:

• Number and Descriptions
• Arrests
• Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction

Additional Biographical Information:

Links to Media articles:

• http://archive.fo/TKTqy
• http://archive.fo/SKkKP
• http://archive.vn/bPut3
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120117044217/http://www.beeld.com/Sui...
• https://archive.ph/X4ngz