Corrienne Tesner

Corrienne Tesner (1956 - 2019)

Brief overview:

Corrienne (62), was raped then stabbed to death in her granny flat behind her children’s house in Hodgson Street on Saturday, 23 February 2019. The post-mortem revealed that Corrienne had been stabbed 31 times.

The former receptionist at Highveld Park High School was still in her pajamas when she was stabbed to death.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
  • Her daughter, Cathrynne Pelser, discovered the body hours later, covered under some blankets.
  • Pelser and her 15-year-old son Taille share the main house with her brother and sister-in-law, Mr Darryn and Ms Caitlin Pelser and their two young children, Nikolai (6) and Dimitri (1).
  • They built on a granny flat when Ms Tesner was diagnosed with diabetes and retired from the school about three years ago. They celebrated her 62nd birthday in December.
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Farm/Smallholding
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)

Attack Details:

• Date and time of attack
• Weapons
  • Knife
• Items Stolen
  • Car, laptop, sound system and television.
• 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
  • Taelo Stephen Mathabathaba (33)
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction
  • Update 4/11/2020 - Taelo Stephen Mathabathaba (33), was sentenced to two life sentences in Delmas. He was found guilty of burglary with intent to steal, theft, rape, murder, robbery with aggravating circumstances and assault with intent to seriously injure. In his plea explanation, Mathabathaba said he dragged Tesner to a bedroom where he raped her. He testified Tesner got up just as he was about to leave the house and he grabbed her.

Additional Biographical Information:

Links to Media articles:

• https://archive.is/dLosf
• http://archive.fo/qs8D7
• http://archive.fo/bcTpv
• https://archive.ph/ti10E (SAPS report)