Johannesburg; High Court stenographer in Agliotti- and Selebi cases; Doris de Jager, 50 murdered execution style by four-member gang, nothing robbed: Feb 4 2011
2011-02-06 Johannesburg High Court stenographer Doris de Jager, 50, was murdered execution style in the driveway of her Ridgeway home on Saturday by one of a gang of four black men who waited for her return from shopping on Saturday with her daughter Margie, 21. Nothing was robbed and the car was not hijacked.
Mrs De Jager also was an important witness who could verify the accuracy of the court records for many politicallly-sensitive trials which took place at the Johannesburg High Court: for instance, she recDe Jager Doris COURT STENOGRAPHER executed FEB42011 Ridgewayorded the trial records of major court cases - such as the murder trial of Glenn Agliotti (acquitted of murdering mining-magnate Brett Kebble); and the controversial fraud trial of former SA police chief Jackie Selebi, amongst many others.
Beeld journalist Jani Meyer reported that her son Danie, 29, witnessed his mother being shot to death through the windshield of their car. The gang then chased off without making any apparent attempt to ‘hijack’ her car – yet Beeld has chosen to report this as a ‘hijacking’.
Ms Meyer writes: “the murderers apparently were waiting for Mrs de Jager and her daughter to return home after shopping on Saturday-morning. Margie was engaged in closing the gate to their erf entrance at their Ridgeway home when she noticed two men inside the erf. “One had a pistol in his hand. I ran into the house and yelled to Danie (her brother) while phoning the ADT (security company),’ she told the journalist.
Seconds later she heard two shots. Danie, 29, was on the couch when his sister ran inside. “I heard a scream and flew out of the door,’ he said. He saw his mother inside his silver Corsa-bakkie where she tried to shie away from the gunman. “ His mother rolled from the vehicle and collapsed. “I attempted mouth-to-mouth resuscitation but stuff ran from her mouth and she turned yellow,’ he said. Margie rushed out when she heard her brother screaming and saw her mother dying on the ground. “I heard her rattling breath and knew it was over,’ said his daughter.
A neighbour of the De Jager couple and a friend were meanwhile chasing the car with the four gunmen in it – described as ‘hijackers’ by Beeld – but when the gunmen noticed that they were being followed, the unarmed neighbours gave up the chase. The neighbour saw the car before Mrs De Jager was shot. He happened to be in a small park near the De Jager home.
De Jager Doris murdered court stenographer car she was executed“We saw a white Opel Astra with four men inside. The vehicle stopped and two men climbed out. We immediately were suspicious,’ he said. A bit later ‘the vehicle returned’ so the neighbour and his friends walked to his home. While enroute they heard two shots. “We drove around and started following the Astra, but it started driving more slowly and we realised we’d been spotted so we turned around and returned to the De Jager home. We found Danie sitting next to his dead mom.’
Her husband Christian said he spoke to his wife only five minutes earlier by cellphone. “She was my everything. We married when she had just matriculated at the age of 17. Now I am alone,’ he said. Her daughter Margie said she’d ‘wished she was the one who had been shot dead. She was more than my mom, she was my best friend. I have never been without her in my life.’ SA Police Force warrant-officer Gordon Billing said ‘the incident is being investigated’. Beeld photographer Brendan Croft took the pictures of the grieving family-members and the shot-up car. The De Jager couple’s picture came from the family album.http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Man-sien-moord-op-ma-20110206
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