Henri La Cour

Henri La Cour (1942 - 2014)

Brief overview:

Henri (72), a retired master builder, was stabbed in the chest whilst hiking with a friend, on the Trappieskop Trail, Kalk Bay, on 25th June 2014. His friend ran to get help. Paramedics raced up the path to where La Cour lay, but he had died.

He was identified by his friend, Kevin O’Donoghue, a Pastor at the Full Gospel Church, who said: “There was so much blood. It looked like he had been stabbed three times.”

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Street/Suburb
• 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
  • Four men were detained, but after being questioned they were released.
• Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction

Additional Biographical Information:

“He was heavily involved in the Joyce Chevalier Centre for the Handicaped, which is a home for the disabled, which he helped build.
“He also built the ‘People’s Church’ Assemblies of God church in Sun Valley, and another in Constantia
“He also loved children, he had a real heart for them,” O’Donoghue said.

Links to Media articles:

• http://archive.is/00vaa
• http://archive.vn/y4zrs