(*We are listing the murder but at the moment there is no indication that this was a hatecrime - we have not included it on the list of hatecrimes for July/Aug 2014 on this archive).
. detective-warrant-officer Strydom was shot dead while trying to arrest white fraud-suspect Hendrik Wright in Montana Park, Sinoville)
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Murdered Afrikaner police officer buried on 31 July 2014: funeral for warrant officer Ben Strydom, 47 a detective from the Sinoville Pretoria police station, was shot dead on July 23 2014 when he attempted to arrest a white man, Hendrik Wright, 65 head of a travel-agency, for defrauding pensioners in an elaborate scheme.
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Ao. Ben Strydom (47), ʼn speurder van die Sinoville-polisiestasie in Pretoria wat doodgeskiet is toe hy ʼn man in verband met ʼn vakansieslenter in hegtenis wou neem, word vandag begrawe.
SAPS det-w/o Ben Strydom, 47, was shot dead in Montanapark, Sinoville Pretoria when he was trying to arrest accused holiday-fraudster Hendrik Wright, 65, his wife Renette 47 and their secretary Salome Klopper, 54. The threesome stands accused of defrauding pensioners through their tourism-company.
w.o. Strydom was shot dead by Hendrik Wright who then tried to commit suicide by fleeing in his car near the Moloto road and shooting himself with his gun. Renette and Klopper were arrested and appeared last week in Pretoria North magistrate's court on murder-charges and for fraud. Hendrik was not in court because he is under treatment at the Johannesburg General Hospital's intensive care unit and under police guard. Magistrate Pierre Wessels postpooned the case to August 4.
http://maroelamedia.co.za/blog/nuus/suid-afrika/vakansieslenter-speurder-vandag-begrawe/
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Also: tour operator Hendrik Knight, 65, in a serious condition in Johannesburg hospital after trying to kill himself after shooting dead police officer Ben Strydom:
Renette, the wife of fraud-accused traintour-operator Hendrik Wright, 65, and his secretary Salome Klopper appeared in Johannesburg North magistrate's court for fraud.
Magistrate Pierre Wessels granted bail to secretary Klopper. Mrs Wright's bail application was postponed to Monday to verify the accuracy of the residency-address she had provided.
Wessels told Mrs Klopper that 'at this stage it's unclear whether you are involved.'
Wessels also requested a doctor's report from the Johannesburg Hospital where Hendrik Wright was admitted for serious injuries sustained when he tried to shoot himself at his home in Montana Park.
Wright had just shot dead detective warrant-officer Ben Strydom, 47 while the policeman tried to arrest him for the allegedly elaborate fraud scheme in which they defrauded mostly pensioners.
There had been information that the Wright couple - who run the Zambesi Tours & Safaris - also had businesses in Namibia and were trying to flee the country.
SAPS constabe John Ramollo testified at the two women's bail application that Strydom's investigation had brought to light that the company would arrange tours - and then cancel them a week before the departure date.
The clients' money was not refunded. Ramollo said it was mostly pensioners who were being defrauded.
He opposed bail for Mrs Wright - and for Mr Wright if he's well enough to appear in court - because they pose a flight risk.
"They have businesses in Namibia and this should be taken in account when they apply for bail'.
When making arrests, police had found passports in one of their cars.
http://maroelamedia.co.za/blog/nuus/suid-afrika/toerbedrog-saak-verdagte-kry-borg/
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