THE CATCH-UP
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ONAugust3 MeghanCremerwentmissing
fromherhomeattheVaderlandscheRietvlei
StablesinPhilippi;herbodywasfoundthe
followingThursdayina sandmine.
Great intrigue and confusion surrounds the2009:
THElast timethe
Springboks won theSouthern Hemisphere’s
premier, annual
competition,
theRugbyChampionship(known
astheTri Nati onsunti l2011).The
Bokscruisedthroughthetruncated
(because ofaloomingWorld Cup)
2019tournamentundefeated.Duane
Vermeulenandco. floored the
Argenti nenati onalside46-13inSalta
–anoft-hosti leground where our
nati onal teamhasbatt lefor results in
the past.R67-MILLION:
TheamountanAmazonUKworker,
DEAN WEYMES,
won aft erplaying Britain’s nati onal
lottery. Theformer shiftworker found
outthathe’dwonduringworkinghours
andsoonaft ersaidhewanted to go
homebecausehewasfeelingill.He
approachedtheHRdepartmentthe
followingdaytoquithisjobandeven
wrote ‘won Lottery/reti rement?’ asa
reasonforleaving.Thedepartmentat
first thought hewas joking.Weymes will
receive between R180000andR
a month for the next 30 years.SLAIN
Senselessly
bothMeghanandstaff oftheStables, at the
timeofgoing to print nodiscerniblemotive
hasbeenidenti fied.Themaninquesti onis
27-year-oldJeremy Sias.It’s notknown whether
theyweremerelyacquaintancesorif they’d
ge,buthedidcome
Sias,alongwithtwo
Daniels, 39,and
red at theAthlone
morningofAugust 8.
vastati ngto Linda
manageroftheriding
l atthestables,who
onsideredCremer
e ofherown.She
edthatit cameas
enbiggershockthat
f theirownworkers
d resorttosomething
esome.Meghanwas
byallandnevercame
s asa personwho
dintenti onallyharma
thing.
ovedthepeaceand
ofthefarm.She
d theenvironment,
orsesandourother
ls.Itwas theperfect
gfor her and,like the
f thefamily,shefelt
ctlysafehere.Wehave
hada crimeproblem
Iandeveryone else
dethis49hectares
We do it all the ti me.That’swhythisis sucha
shock,”Mohrsaid.
Inthelead-upto the
discoveryofCremer’s
bodyearlierthatweek,
WesternCapepolice
spokesperson,Lieutenant
ColonelAndrèTraut
confi rmedthat three
suspectswerearrested
fortheillegalpossession
ofa suspectedstolen
motor vehicle. Itwas
later confi rmedthat thecar didindeed belong
to Cremer. Oneofthemen(Sias,allegedly)
thenleddetecti ves to thesite where her body
hadbeendumped.Shewasfullyclothedand
it couldnotbedeterminedif shehadbeen
sexuallyassaulted.Herwristswereboundand
a leash-liketetherwasfoundaroundherneck.
Theothertwosuspectsarefromneighbouring
areasanda witnessassertsthattheycould
directlylinkallthreementothecrime.They
have allbeen charged withtheft andmurder. At
thetimeofgoing to print, thousandsofpeople
hadsignedapeti tionto prevent theaccused
being granted bail.Ithastranspired,however,
thateachofthethreeaccusedhadpending
criminalcases at thetimeofthemurder, as
well aspriorconvicti ons.Shiraaz Jaft hahasa
pending murder case andadrugconvicti on;
CharlesDanielshasapending theft case anda
drugconvicti onaswell; whileJeremy Siashas
apendingcar theft case andaconvicti onfor
assault.
Inabizarre twist to thistragic case, Mohr’s
son,Grant,beganreceivingdeaththreatsfrom
a stranger.ThestrangerclaimedGrantwas
a suspectandmurdererbecauseSiaswasa
Facebookfriend.Anotherpersonclaimedthat
hewouldkillGrantif heeversawhiminpublic.
Thishashorrified thealready distressedand
grievingMohr,whosays‘he does not have a
bad bone in his body’.E-MAIL[email protected]