Couple pays with their life for cellphone and laptop

The man was shot in the study and his wife by the front door

A cell phone and laptop, that is what a couple paid for with their lives last night.

The couple in Browning Street in Ext 8, aged 55 and 61 years, was shot dead just after 19:00 on Sunday, August 13.

Capt Eddie Hall, police spokesperson said the robbers gained entry to the yard by cutting a razor fence.

They then broke a glass door and entered the house. The man was shot in the study and his wife by the front door.

At this stage the motive for the killing is robbery.

The couple’s maid, Ms Linah Maloka was still in shock early on Monday, August 14.

“My family is murdered and that for a cell phone and a laptop,” she said.

She worked for the couple for the past 20 years.

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