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Double suicide
in Port Alfred
JON HOUZET
A Johannesburg couple visiting
Port Alfred were found dead in
an apparent suicide deal last
month.
TotT received a tip-off
about the incident on
November 5, but it had already
happened about 10 days earlier.
We were told a man had
killed his wife or girlfriend and
then killed himself while at a
guesthouse in Port Alfred. In
response to TotT’s queries,
police spokesperson Sergeant
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29 Miles St, Port Alfred
PO Box 2871, Port Alfred, 6170
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Chiara Carter, chiarac@dispatch.co.za
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Majola Nkohli said an inquest
docket was opened on Tuesday
October 26, after the couple
was found dead in the bedroom
of a cottage they had booked
into.
Police found a note at the
scene that it is believed was
penned by the two.
“It is believed that the two,
Craig Hamilton and Anitha Dias
from Johannesburg, allegedly
consumed poison. “A
toxicology report is outstanding,
and the matter is still under
i nve s t i g a t i o n ,” Nkohli said.
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Robbery suspect
dies after jumping
off flat’s balcony
Man one of five armed men who allegedly stormed unit
JON HOUZET
Afleeing
suspected
robber died
after allegedly
jumping off a secondstorey
balcony at
Croydon Place in Port
Alfred on October 12.
TotT received a
tip-off about the
incident on October
19 and asked the SAPS
for information.
However, a
response was only
received last Friday.
The reader wh o
tipped off TotT alleged
that the man who died
had been beaten by
police, but police said
he sustained a head
injury after jumping off
a second-storey
b a l c o ny.
Po l i c e
spokesperson Sergeant
Majola Nkohli said the
man who had died
was one of five
suspected armed
robbers who had
stormed into a flat at
Croydon Place at
about 3.50pm on the
d ay.
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About five hours later, the
injured suspect died at the
local hospital.
According to the
report that the
homeowner gave
police, the men were
armed with firearms
and knives.
The suspects
managed to steal a
large sum of money,
cellphones and the
key to the
h o m e ow n e r ’s vehicle,
before fleeing the
scene on foot.
“It was also said
that one of the
suspects jumped off
the balcony as he was
fleeing the scene, and
landed on his head,”
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“About five hours
later, the injured
suspect died at the
local hospital,” Nkohli
said.
He was identified
as Astin Reyners, 36,
from Gqeberha [Port
Elizabeth].
The police have
opened an inquest
docket to determine
the cause of Reyners’
death, as well as a
case of house robbery.
“The house
robbery suspects are
still at large.
“The police are
urging anyone with
information that could
assist with their
investigation to
contact the
investigating officer,
Detective Sergeant
John Groep, on 078-
7 0 5 - 9 8 4 0 ,” Nkohli
said.