Desmond Trollip

Desmond Trollip (d.o.b. unknown - 1991)

Brief overview:

Desmond, a farmer from the Elliot area was murdered on his farm during January 1991.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Farm/Smallholding
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
  • While a police moratorium on statistics is still in place, a list compiled by Elliot farming community members show that 15 farmers have been murdered in the Elliot, Ugie and Maclear - Eastern Cape district in the past decade (1991 - 2001).

The list includes the latest victims and reads:

- July 1992: August Emil Wink (55)

- June/July 1992: Peter Roland Lake (44) and Dorothy Ann Lake (42)

- August/September 1993: Michael Calvin Meyers (55) and daughter Donne Lee Meyers (21)

- May 1995: Kallie Vorster

- October 1997: Francois Johannes Willemse (65)

- December 1999: Charles Edward Emms (69)

- November 1999: Priscilla Jane Sephton (51)

- April 2000: Sithsaba Madasa (34)

- January 2001: Martha Louisa Gertina Scheppel (52)

- February 2001: Alison May Rushmere (80)

- March 2001: Mary Louise McGregor (48) and Kevin James McGregor (40)

Attack Details:

• Date and time of attack
• Weapons
• Items Stolen
• 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:

• https://archive.is/hpz5a