Die ou Suid-Afrika: Nico de Lange: throat cut in Krugersdorp

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Nico de Lange: throat cut in Krugersdorp

Nico de Lange, 55, Sat Jan 22 2011, stabbed to death, West Village, Krugersdorp -

Murderer snarled: ‘get ready for your funeral’, and sliced Nico de Lange’s throat - in front of his fiancee and her 15-year-old daughter…

WEST VILLAGE, Krugersdorp. 55-year-old Nico de Lange was concerned about the three aggressive youths who kept tearing around at high speed on his erf in their purple Opel Corsa in West Village and endangering his family, wrote Beeld journalists Jacques Steenkamp and Pauli van Wyk.
At around 16:30 on Saturday Jan 22 2011 the three youths were spinning their wheels on his erf in front of his house again, so he stepped outside to speak to them.
His brother-in-law Frik Page, 60, said “Nico stepped outside to confront them. He wasn’t ever afraid to use his fists and when the guys attacked him, he fought back. One of them then threatened to kill him,’ said Page. After this incident the three males got into their purple car and chased off in it while De Lange went back inside his home.
“However just minutes later the man came back in the same car and stopped in front of Nico’s house with a knife stuck in the back of his pants. Nico was at the kitchen door when the man walked towards him – and slashed him across one of his wrists with his knife, then stabbed Nico in his neck and cut through his artery, saying that he should get ready for his funeral. There was a lot of blood.’
His friend stood laughing…
Mr De Lange’s fiancee’s 15-year-old daughter, who also witnessed the murder and thus cannot be identified for her own safety, said the knifeman ran right past her to his car after stabbing Mr de Lange. “One of his mates stood laughing next to the car. I ran after them to write down the Corsa’s registration number so that they could be captured,’ said the girl. Meanwhile De Lange, bleeding profusely, was staggering behind her towards the gate – making certain that she and her mother were safe, she said. “Then he collapsed and died”.
SAPS captain Jacob Raboroko said neighbours of De Lange contacted the SAPS and the three men in the purple Corsa were traced and arrested. They are still searching for the murder-knife, he added. Apparently while one of the men, aged 26, was in police custody, ‘he had some kind of an attack and taken to a local hospital, where he is recovering under police guard.’
Mr De Lange’s funeral was arranged for Friday 11:00 from the AGS-church in Krugersdorp. He is survived by his daughter Jolene de Lange, 25.