Elderly Pretorius farm couple cursed for 'white trash', terrorised with cruel 'Russian Roulette' gun-game; wife's pinkie cut off in torture-ordeal; she refused to undress 'so that attackers could watch the couple have sex'; couple constantly punched, smacked and kicked while tied up; their beloved, deaf, old dog bludgeoned to death and tossed at the couple tied up on the couch. Four attackers but only one on trial: Mosimanegape Hans Lekgetho, 24
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(Previously unreported farm attack: Traumatised farmer Jan Pretorius 72 testifies about nightmare ordeal during brutal farm attack 18 Nov 2012 near Biesiesvlei Lichtenburg
On trial: Mosimanegape Hans Lekgetho 24: Cursed the Afrikaner couple for 'white trash', Cut off Mrs Pretorius' pinkie; tried to execute the farmer with his own 9mm but gun failed; tried to shoot Mrs Pretorius through the eye with a pellet gun but it failed too; beat to death their deaf dog and threw the corpse between the couple; forced Mrs Pretorius to undress, demanding that the couple have sex in front of them;
During their ordeal the couple were constantly smacked, beaten and told they were 'white trash and that they 'will be burned'.
LICHTENBURG regional court: 11 September 2014 Maroela Media
One of the two victims, Mr Jan Pretorius, 72, described to the court that he was going out to check on his sheep when
he was suddenly bashed with an iron bar over the shoulder and forced back into the homestead at gunpoint. He believes there were up to four attackers.
They wore triangular clothes across their faces and only their eyes were visible.
They stole Mr Pretorius' 9mm pistol from the safe, pushed it against his head and pulled the trigger. It failed.
At one stage he was locked in the bathroom and heard his wife screaming with pain in the kitchen.
After their ordeal he noticed that one of her pinkies was nearly severed by the attackers.
The men took turns to beat, curse and terrorise the Afrikaner couple, he testified.
Throughout their ordeal, the couple were cursed with vile racist curses, beaten and bashed.
Mr Pretorius was covered up with a blanket, parafin was poured over it - and then they tried to set his beard on fire. The fire did not catch well and only his beard was singed.
At one point Mrs Pretorius was ordered to undress so that they could see the old Afrikaners have sex.
She refused - and told them it was impossible because she suffered from an ailment.
Then they dropped that idea but then decided to have to couple sit on a couch for the next torture: which was them beating to death their deaf dog and dumping its corpse on the couch with them.
Both were tied up with cable-binders.
While they were uploading stuff from the homestead into a vehicle, one man came over with an air-gun, pushed the barrel against Mr Pretorius' eye and pulled the trigger.
One of the attackers accidentially touched a toy motorbike and when it played a christmas tune he kicked it to pieces.
Just as the couple's daughter showed up with her car at the gate, the thugs were pulling out the Pretorius' loaded-down, stolen vehicle.
They fled at high speed, he testified.
Upon cross questioning by regional magistrate Louis Virtue, Mr Pretorius replied that while he was 'physically cured' of his injuries,
the psychological damage remains: he feels very distraught, despite trauma treatment.
The State prosecutor handed in a photo-album as evidence, showing the blood-spattered crime scene. He was visibly distressed when
he testified about the blood-spatters on the kitchen-cupboards.
The case was postponed to 6 October 2014 for testimony by more state witnesses.
The investigating officer is SAPS warrant officer Adam Phukuntsi of the Biesiesvlei police. It's not known why only one of the four attackers was charged.
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