Margaret Sharples

Margaret Sharples (1928 - 1998)

Brief overview:

Margaret (69), was strangled to death on her farm in Balgowan outside Pietermaritzburg, on 1st March 1998. Friends who went to collect her for lunch were shot at by the perpetrators. David Franklin sustained a wound to his chest

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:

• Identity Number : 2811160088082
• Official cause of death : Unnatural causes
• Margaret married Ronald James on 19/03/1981
• https://www.gendatabase.com/deceased-record.php?q=3720049&r=MARGARE...

Links to Media articles:

• https://www.yumpu.com/nl/document/read/4451339/laai-af-die-lys-van-...