Gassy Myburgh

Gassy Myburgh (1926 - 2005)

Brief overview:

Gassy (87), and her husband were murdered during a Home Invasion. On February 23, the men broke into the house of George, and George Coenraad Kuchler Myburgh (78), in Roodepoort and strangled the couple.

During the robberies, Khalipha bit into chunks of cheese, and teeth marks linked him to the crimes. The two men were also linked to the crimes by fingerprints on wine bottles and DNA evidence collected from the scene. They were also found in possession of stolen items.

"We were devastated. We could not believe that at their age they could be murdered in such a cowardly way. They were fragile. We are just heartbroken." This was the anguish of Linda Parker, the daughter of elderly George and Gassy Myburgh

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Street/Suburb
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
  • The court found that Ngodi and Khalipha also broke into the home of a couple in Horison, strangled the male occupant and raped his wife on February15th 2005. The wife survived.

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
  • Mbulelo Ngodi (33), and Thembinkosi Khalipha (27)
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction
  • Ngodi and Khalipha, of Matholesville in Roodepoort, showed no emotion in the Johannesburg High Court when they were sentenced to multiple life terms. Ngodi was also sentenced to 25 years for aggravated robbery and five years for indecent assault. He is already serving 45 years for three robberies committed between September 2001 and January 2004.Khalipha got three life sentences for three murders and another life term for rape. In addition, he received a total of 41 years for two robberies and for indecent assault
  • Judge Naren Pandya acquitted Ngodi for the murder and robbery of the Myburghs. Khalipha was found guilty of double murder and robbery, but was acquitted on rape charges as there was insufficient evidence. The judge said: "If you wanted to take the goods, why didn't you just take them? There was no need to kill. As if that was not enough, you raped women old enough to be your grandmothers.

Additional Biographical Information:

• https://www.gendatabase.com/deceased-record.php?q=2431919&r=GEORGE%...

Links to Media articles:

• https://archive.ph/a1lcQ
• https://web.archive.org/web/20060428090828/http://crimepages.co.za:...