Man gets 15 years for death of ‘beloved’ Eersterust resident

Clayton Andrews (51) was sentenced to 15 years in prison for murdering Evelyn de Kock (43) in Eersterust,

Andrews was sentenced in the North Gauteng High Court on Friday.

As previously reported, Andrews pleaded guilty on Wednesday, October 20 after stabbing De Kock to death in cold blood at their outbuilding on Robert Jones Avenue in Eersterust last year.

According to Andrews, he and his partner (De Kock) argued on the evening of June 13.

“We argued about money and alcohol,” Andrews said.

“She swore at me and grabbed my shirt. I went to the kitchen to get a knife and then went back to the bedroom.”

He said he could not remember how many times he had stabbed her in the neck.

“It was not my intention to kill her and I had no reason to kill her. I know what I did was wrong.”

The following day, Andrews saw she was dead. He then changed his clothes, left the knife on the bed and took a minibus taxi to Johannesburg.

He was later found by police where he was hiding out in Eldorado Park and was arrested.

Andrews wrote a letter to the family in which he expressed his sympathy with the family.

“I want to apologise to the family for what I did.

“I will never really know what my actions were, but I killed Evelyn – who was loved by so many people. She was a precious person.

“What I did to her is inexcusable. I had no right to decide who should live or not.

“I am sorry. I know I do not deserve forgiveness because I did the unthinkable, but may God bless us all,” his letter read.

De Kock’s sister, Charlotte Peters, said the family has been going through hell for the past year.

“I cannot describe what we have been through in the past year.

“Our hearts are hurting.

“Maybe we can find peace for the first time now and hopefully we can start the healing process.

“If Clayton had been telling the truth from the beginning, it would have spared us all the sadness we have experienced,” Peters said.

Peters said on the day Andrews applied for parole, she would intervene.

The proceedings were attended by mother, Grace Ngwatla, Peters, her brother-in-law, Charles Willemse and close friends.

Patriotic Alliance spokeswoman for Tshwane Virginia Keppler also assisted the family during the court proceedings.

“Everyone who attended the trial was traumatised because they had to sit in court and hear how he stabbed, bit her and even slept next to her dead body that night.

“He should be removed from society for the rest of his life,” Keppler said.

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