Gerhardus Petrus Wandrag

Gerhardus "Gert" Wandrag (1962 - 2009)

Brief overview:

Gerhardus "Gert" (47) was beaten and shot dead while fighting with a gang of men, in his house on an Agricultural smallholding in Doornpoort on 11th October 2009. The family believes that the gunmen, who stole laptops and household appliances, are the same people who poisoned their dogs three week prior. Wandrag, an IT specialist, woke up to find two gunmen taking his cellphone off his bedside table in the early hours of the morning. Shouting at them, Wandrag managed to tackle one of the gunmen and wrestle him to the ground as he ran through the house towards the lounge where his partner Nicole Grobler's son, Marcel (16), was asleep. As the two men fought, the robber's accomplice hit Wandrag across his back with a chair, giving his partner the chance to pull out his gun, shoot Wandrag in the face and chest. Wandrag died in front of Nicole and the children. Nicole, said Wandrag refused to stop fighting, and it was only after the second shot went off that everything went quiet. She described how, while Wandrag had been fighting with his attackers she and her children had crept into another bedroom where Wandrag's nephew and niece were hiding behind their bed. Nicole said that when she saw a passing police van she began screaming and flashing her bedroom lights, but they didn't see her. Wandrag died laying face down in his blood.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Farm/Smallholding
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)

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://dienuwesuidafrika.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/he-is-with-god-h...
• http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2009/10/police-reports-oc...
• https://web.archive.org/web/20091015000159/http://www.iol.co.za/ind...
• https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000193137240821

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• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Aug 23 2019, 19:20:12 UTC