Craig Smith

Craig Smith (1947 – 2017)

Brief overview:

Craig was beaten to death with blunt object, found by farm worker

Brief Biography:

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

Attack Details:

• Date and time of attack
• Weapons
  • Walking stick
• Items Stolen
  • A few firearms and a small amount of jewellery
  • Vehicle
• Investigative officer/SAPS Case No:
• Torture, Gratuitous violence
  • Hands and feet were tied with electrical cables and bludgeoned to death.
• Indications of Hate Crime? Threats etc.

Perpetrator details:

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

Links to Media articles:

• http://archive.is/FYhRT
• http://archive.fo/8QJQQ
• http://archive.fo/TPyvU
• https://www.netwerk24.com/nuus/misdaad/moord-op-kzn-boer-was-totale...

Additional Biographical Information:

Craig, 62, had suffered a series of heart attacks and a severe stroke in the years before his murder and he hadn't operated the farm for a decade or more. But he was still living in his rundown farmhouse when he was attacked. He had been on the land for more than 30 years - and it was all he knew.

Frtom: http://archive.is/FYhRT