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A BRITISH MAN was murdered on his farm in South Africa by three men who attacked him with a machete and seriously injured his wife, police said today.
The trio targeted Christopher Preece, 54, when he went out of his farmhouse in Ficksburg in the central province of the Free State, near the Lesotho border, to investigate an electricity blackout on Saturday night.
Police said in a statement:
They assaulted him with a panga and he sustained bodily injuries. He ran back into the house and fell on the floor and died.
His wife, Felicity, 56, was also attacked and admitted to hospital. The couple ran a small accommodation establishment on their farm near Lesotho’s Maluti Mountains. They were robbed of their mobile phone and 3,000 rand in cash (€260). Police said no arrests had been made.
British High Commission spokeswoman Isabel Potgieter said her office was aware of the case but could not give more details.
“We have been in touch with the authorities but I cannot give more information,” she said. South Africa has one of the world’s highest violent crime rates, with an average of 42 people killed per day.
Agricultural unions and opposition parties have raised the alarm over the scourge of attacks on rural farms that often stretch over huge areas. According to the Transvaal Agricultural Union of South Africa, there were 634 farm attacks and 306 farm murders between 2008 and September this year.
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The shop in Galway is a no brainer! Guaranteed to make your money back in ten years and less if you can do something with the apartments above. Wonder would the bank give me a loan….
Thats just the reserve price put on it. Probably go for nearer €3m. Usually 20 times lease is price of building so if someone can pick it up for 14-15 times it would be good business with the added rooms upstairs. Oh to have money.
Exactly the thoughts of many who put us into this mess! If the Spar goes out of business, you then have an empty shop…..
€190k a year lease??? I think you should check your figures. Not a chance!!! Shops on Shop St cost one third.
U can’t have it gone to foreigners already
Going going gone ..lol Ogochukwu wishes youse all the best with that purchase ..lol but youse must remember that the Aldi’s and those Lidl’s are taking over , so youse could be ending up not under the tree but under water ..lol good luck ,,lol
Another property infomercial courtesy of Daft.ie.
Foreign banks firesell their distressed repos as NAMA and the Irish banks stockpile 1000′s of rotting homes.
A bit of truth and balance please.
What about an enquiry into the corrupt unregulated estate agent industry in Ireland journal???
When is a repossessed property not a repossessed property? At Allsops!
Recession me arse.
Why would anyone want to buy anything in Carrick On Suir?, its a awful hole of a place
Your assuming cash changes hands not very likely. So corrupt and rotten to core. No one will have a days luck with their stolen goods
Stolen goods?, what the heck are you even on about?
Easy there Martin.
Its a good place to live..but like a lot of small towns its being passed over in favour of its larger neighbours..an awful lot more positives than negatives in the town..and a great bunch of genuine people doing what they can to improve things for all.
Not a nice comment about Carrick, Martin. We have a great community and it is a good town to live in. Back off!
Nigel its a kip
What’s the matter? Can you not afford a decent life in Dublin ?
Decent life in Dublin?
For sewer rats maybe.
And drug dealers.
Hopefully the fellow at the last one who spoke about constant markievicz who gave his life for Ireland will turn up!
Just more and more spin from our corrupt estate agents, trying to talk the market up and up. A pox on them.
Has the propaganda quota for today been reached already?
Had many a pint in the Sibin in Carrick with my grandad. So many fond memories, shame to see it looking so sad and lonely.
Haven’t lived in Carrick for 20 years but grew up there and my family still there – unfair comments here. . Towns are all about the people who live in them not the buildings and Carrick has lots of great people and a great community spirit.
I wonder will Ulster bank buy this one ?They are paying €180,000 a year in rent reserve set at €650,000. http://www.allsopspace.ie/auction/lot/8222
Doubt it very much ! They want to get the hell out of Ireland !
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