POLICE reservist and neighbour of murdered couple John and Hester Noble , Dave Leslie described the murder as the worst he has ever encountered.
Leslie, who owns wedding venue Stonehaven Castle in Shongweni, was the first person on the scene and said the community is shattered over the gruesome murder. He said he was called by neighbours to investigate after the couple didn’t answer the door when the gardener and the maid arrived for work.
“I forced my way inside the gate and when I got to the garage, John was lying there strangled with a wire.
“I then looked for his wife and found her in their their bedroom strangled with her oxygen pipe as she suffered from emphysema for months.
It is believed that the intruders were in the house between 9pm and and 1am.
“What these people did was nasty. How can anyone torture old people like that, if they wanted to rob them they should have tied them up, take whatever they wanted and left,” Leslie said.
Leslie described the deceased as a loving people who went out of their way to help others.
“The couple lived alone. Their family is in Cape Town and Australia and we have notified them,” said Leslie.
No one has been arrested and the couple’s car was found abandoned.
