Cruel attack on Bokfontein smallholding residents
BRITS POS – BRITS - On Saturday, 15 January 2022 around 21:00 Ms Lynnie Cornick (76) was watching television with her husband, Ronald Cornick (86) at their home on a smallholding in Bokfontein, south of Brits.
She heard their dogs bark and opened the kitchen door for the dogs to go outside, when four men surprisingly entered. Ms Cornick shouted for help and was held at gunpoint and the suspects demanded money. Two of the suspects then rushed to the TV room and overpowered the elderly Mr Cornick and he was shot in his left upper arm.
BRITS POS – BRITS - Four suspected robbers were arrested and a black BMW X5 seized, following a reported robbery and hijacking of a courier vehicle at 12:30 on Friday, 7 January 2022.