Michael Robb

Michael Robb (1942 - 2005)

Brief overview:

Michael (63), a farmer from Creighton, KZN, who lived alone, was brutally beaten, tortured and murdered on 26th October 2005. He was asleep with the two killers broke in and dragged him from his bed. His hands were handcuffed and his legs tied together with a plastic bag, tortured and beaten to death with a golf club. His body was dumped in a nearby dam.

On 18th December 2006, in the Pietermaritsburg High Court, Mzwandile Radebe (18) was sentenced to 20 years, Sandile Hlope (20) was sentenced to three years for housebreaking and robbery, by Judge Jan Hugo.

Radebe escaped a life sentence because the State had failed to prove that the murder was premeditated.

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:

• Official cause of death : Unnatural causes

Links to Media articles:

• https://web.archive.org/web/20100916013601/http://www.iol.co.za/ind...