Barry Baars

Barry Baars (1968 – 2017)

Brief overview:

Barry Baars (47), home alone, shot in the head, bullet wound to chin, hands tied behind his back, found wrapped in blankets on 31/10/2017 09h00 by employees next to his bed.

Barry is the third farmer to be killed on 31st October 2017:

Willie Barnard (55) was shot dead just outside Fochville, and Willem van der Westhuizen (35) was shot dead in the Griekwstad area.

Brief Biography:

• The Victim and Family
• The Farm/Smallholding
  • Daskop Game Farm,
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)

Attack Details:

• Date and time of attack
  • 30/10/17
• Weapons
• Items Stolen
  • Pistol, CCTV equipment, safe tampered with, not opened
• 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
  • Nthabiseng Ledwaba (38) Repeat offender, Female employee
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction
  • Court cases - 07/11/2017, postponed for further investigation

Links to Media articles:

• https://archive.is/eem3B
• http://archive.fo/r29JS
• http://archive.fo/LsPmv
• http://archive.fo/Oh5ke
• http://archive.fo/lwLSN
• http://archive.is/Q4h3m
• https://archive.is/uqg1P

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