About Patricia Bernadette Kippen
Patricia 'Patsy' Bernadette Kippen (1968 - 2007)
Brief overview:
Patricia (39), was shot in the head, during a 'botched hijacking', while driving in Otto's Bluff Road, Pietermaritzburg, on 14th October 2007. She lost control of her car and veered off the road. Her parents were called to the scene, where they tried to resuscitate her. Patsy was rushed to St Anne's Hospital, but she died on arrival.
Brief Biography:
- Other Victims/Family
- Funeral/Memorial
- The Street/Suburb
- The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
- In a second incident on the same day, Elaine Anderson (59) was also shot in a 'botched hijacking' in Woodlands, Pietermaritzburg, KZN. Elaine was shot as she parked her car outside a church in the Woodlands area near to her home. She lost control of the car and slammed into a barrier. She died at the scene.
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
- Simphiwe Christopher Khesi and his accomplice, Sibusiso Duma, are serving two life sentences.
- Acting Judge Kobus Booyens, imposed six life sentences and prison terms totalling 104 years on Sibusiso Derrick Duma (24) for a 2007 crime spree of murder, attempted murder, rape, robbery and kidnapping, said he intends that Duma should be permanently removed from society.
- Duma is already serving two life sentences for the murders of former Witness journalist Elaine Anderson and Patricia Kippen of Pietermaritzburg, who were both shot dead in attempted hijacking incidents on the same night in 2007.
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Patricia Bernadette Kippen's Timeline
| 1968 |
September 30, 1968
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| 2007 |
October 14, 2007
Age 39
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Otto's Bluff Road, Pietermaritzburg, Indlovu DC, KZN, South Africa
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