John Curran

John Curran (1958 - 2018)

Brief overview:

John (60), A highly respected Irish charity worker has been found brutally hacked to death in his apartment in South Africa just days before he was due to return home to Dublin. Curran, had spent two years as the Director of Education for Mellon Educate based in Cape Town helping to bring education to poor local children.

Update 31/05/2021: Judge Selwyn Hockey sentenced Onyoka to 18 years for his murder, three years for theft, three years for fraud and one year for being in the country illegally - all charges to run concurrently.

Brief Biography:

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

Attack Details:

• Date and time of attack
  • 7th November 2018
• Weapons
  • Knife, frying pan
• Items Stolen
  • Cellphone,
• Investigative officer/SAPS Case No:
• Torture, Gratuitous violence
• Indications of Hate Crime? Threats etc.

Perpetrator details:

• Number and Descriptions
• 1
• Arrests
• Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
  • Mitspa Onyoka
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s Congolese
• Trial/Conviction
  • Judge Selwyn Hockey sentenced Onyoka to 18 years for his murder, three years for theft, three years for fraud and one year for being in the country illegally - all to run concurrently.

Additional Biographical Information:

Links to Media articles:

• https://archive.is/82xyw
• http://archive.is/blrTb
• http://archive.is/BbHmH