Michael Kernick

Michael Kernick (1953 – 2017)

Brief overview:

Michael (64), A farmer was attacked by a group of men and stabbed to death in Bulwer, KwaZulu-Natal Midlands on Wednesday.

Michael was attacked on his veranda with a garden fork, dragged into his home, doused with petrol and set alight. His wife discovered his body in their home late on Wednesday night.

Brief Biography:

• The Victim and Family
  • Michael's wife, Rosmarie, and daughter, Phia, are trying as best as they can to accept living without the man who “made everything better”
• The Farm/Smallholding
  • Tatoon Farm, remote timber farm, which the victim and his wife were renting, had no electronic security.
• The Region (land disputes, other incidents etc.)

Attack Details:

• Date and time of attack
  • 17h00 - 19h00 Wednesday 10/05/2017
• Weapons
  • Garden fork, petrol
• Items Stolen
  • House ransacked, cleaned out.
• Investigative officer/SAPS Case No:
  • Brett Deavin 082 894 4220
• Torture, Gratuitous violence
  • body had been badly burned after doused with petrol
• 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

Links to Media articles:

• http://archive.is/XdK5n
• http://archive.fo/bAbqu
• http://archive.fo/dmMnw
• http://archive.fo/mUYKu
• http://archive.fo/W8KzN
• https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/kwazulu-natal/farm-o...
• https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2017/05/17/two-murders-on-sa-farms...
• https://archive.ph/g6k7S
• https://archive.ph/yX37i

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