South Africa: Grim details of Lindley murders emerge

I have a new race-apologist troll visiting my blog with the name of Seeker of Truth/Karooseun. According to my new pet, I'm a racist, living in Apartheid's past. He further states that Australia doesn't need such people living here as there's enough red-necks already in Australia. Don't you just love the irony. Mr Big Mouth Seeker of Truth/Karooseun is living in Australia and not amongst his Black brothers back in the good old SA. Sounds like Mr Karooseun is missing a few front teeth. Mr Karooseun - this post is just for you. In case you missed this story in the South African media- seeing as you're living in red-neck Australia - this is about a farmer, his wife and their two year old daughter who were tortured, stabbed and shot to death by 6 of your non-racist Black brothers. These 6 fine upstanding murderous citizens really made sure that the father was dead as the post mortem showed he had 151 stab and laceration wounds caused by some of the following: garden fork, panga, spade or sharp knife, while other injuries could have been caused by a brick or stone. His two year old daughter, Wilmien, had a stab and shot wound to her head. Nice hey? Wilmien's mother had several stab wounds to her head and a gun shot wound to her neck. Kry jy lekker? Yes, Mr Seeker of Truth, this is what White South Africans have to endure in your wonderful post-Apartheid country - where you don't live. When the Blacks stop murdering people for fun and you are living back in SA then I'll stop with my red neck racist blog entries. You see, you and I both know that won't happen so keep reading my blog so you can get the real truth.....

Wilmien Potgieter

Five of the six fine upstanding murders

Bloemfontein - Wilmien, the 2-year-old daughter of Free State farmer Attie Potgieter, had a cut to her head caused by a sharp instrument and then she was shot dead.
This was the evidence the Free State High Court heard on Wednesday when six men accused of killing the Potgieter family on their farm near Lindley in December 2010 appeared in court.

The men, aged between 18 and 33, pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder one of robbery with aggravating circumstances and other charges relating to the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.

The six are Stemmer Mofokeng, 23, Tapa Mofokeng, 34, Paulus "Vusi" Khumalo, 23, Tshokolo Lelala, 19, Telleko Seekoei, 20, and Diphapang Motaung, 18, all from Lindley.
151 wounds
Giving testimony, pathologist Dr Robert G Book said that Potgieter, 40, had 151 stab and laceration wounds when he examined the body.
Potgieter’s wife, Wilna, 36, had several deep lacerations to the head and a gunshot wound to the neck.
Indications were that the woman and child were shot at close range, he said.
When asked by State prosecutor Jannie Botha on his first impressions of Potgieter’s body, Book said: “The deceased “had been tortured to death.”
Testifying on the autopsy done on Potgieter, Book said the injuries could have been caused by tools such as a garden fork, panga, spade or sharp knife, while other injuries could have been caused by a brick or stone.

The State alleges the six attacked Potgieter outside his house with knives, a garden fork and a panga, killing him.

They then attacked the woman and child inside the house and shot them, the State alleges.

Threatened

On Wednesday Motaung, who was a minor at the time of the murders, entered a plea explanation. In it he indicated that he had been on the farm on the day the Potgieters were killed, but claims he had no knowledge of what was planned or going to happen.

In his plea, which was read into the record by his lawyer Leona Smit, Motaung said after a sleepover at Khumalo’s house on the farm the night before, he was called to the farm house the next morning.

He was forced, and threatened with a firearm, to help move a man covered in blood, while a woman and child were present.

He ran away after the woman and child were taken away and heard two shots, which he thought were fired at him for fleeing.

He was later given R500 to keep quiet and was again threatened to be killed if he identified those involved, he claims.

The State called policemen to testify about what they found at the scene and how some of the arrests were made.

State prosecutor Jannie Botha was expected to call forensic experts to testify on Thursday.
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