Owen Dodds Charles

Owen Charles (1942 – 2012)

Brief overview:

70-year-old Owen Charles an elderly farmer was murdered, stabbed to death, in an attack on his farm near Jansenville. He died on the scene.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
  • His wife Jenny was seriously injured with multiple stab wounds. She was taken to a hospital in Port Elizabeth in critical condition.
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Farm/Smallholding
  • Farm Armadale
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)

Attack Details:

• Date and time of attack
  • Sunday night between 19:00 and 22:00
• Weapons
  • Knives
• Items Stolen
  • Isuzu Frontier
  • An unknown amount of firearms and the attackers fled with his bakkie (ute).
• Investigative officer/SAPS Case No:
• Torture, Gratuitous violence
• Indications of Hate Crime? Threats etc.

Perpetrator details:

• Number and Descriptions
  • Five men, armed with knives
• Arrests
  • Four boys, aged between 12 and 17, and a 22-year-old woman
• Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction

Additional Biographical Information:

Links to Media articles:

• https://archive.ph/S2zax
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120815181035/http://afrikaans.news24....
• https://archive.is/hNnQK