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About John McNicol
John McNicol (1942 - 2001)
Brief overview:
John (59), a retired racing car driver, was murdered in his farm house on the Rietfontein smallholdings in Vereeniging, in what appeared to be a revenge attack. There had been a break-in at the main house a year or so earlier, and McNicol allegedly shot one of the attackers in the buttocks, there had been a subsequent trial against him, and Mr McNicol was found not guilty.
Brief Biography:
- Other Victims/Family
- Funeral/Memorial
- The Farm/Smallholding
- The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
- Six months earlier Claudio Sanna was murdered in the same farmhouse. Claudio's father Robert believed that his son's murder was a case of mistaken identity, and the perpetrators were intending to kill John. No suspects were arrested at the time.
Attack Details:
- Date and time of attack
- Weapons
- Items Stolen
- Investigative officer/SAPS Case No:
- The investigating officer for McNicol's murder was Inspector Andy Andrews, Case Nr Vereeniging 48/2001.
- 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
- Six perpetrators were arrested and appeared in court on the 24th February 2003 for sentencing. Freddy Nhlope (21) Benneth Zitha (27), Phillimon Mashaba (21), Frans Matsibula (21), Solly Dludlu (22) and Spinola Shambala (21). There were each sentenced to life imprisonment.
Additional Biographical Information:
The Formula 1 Wiki
John McNicol (March 12, 1942 - July 31, 2001) was a South African racing driver who entered one Formula One championship race, the 1974 South African Grand Prix, driving a Lotus-Cosworth, but since his car was not available he withdrew. McNicol was a competitive campaigner in the South African Championships during the late '60s and early 70s.
He was second in the 1969 SA Championship driving a Lola T142 Formula 5000 car. The SA Championship of the time allowed a "free for all" of F1, F2 and F5000 cars. The Championship was won by John Love's Lotus 49 that year.
Later John McNicol graduated to a McLaren M10B and performed creditably against the pure F1 cars like Love's Surtees TS9 and March 701 , the Lotus 72 of Dave Charlton, and various Lotus 49, Brabham BT20's and BT24's. He was 4th in the 1972 Championship.
He then raced the Scuderia Scribante March 721 in 1973 and 1974 and picked up some podium placings.
He was entered to drive a Lotus 72 in the 1974 SAGP but "Dns".
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John McNicol's Timeline
| 1942 |
March 12, 1942
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| 2001 |
July 31, 2001
Age 59
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Vereeniging, Sedibeng, GP, South Africa
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