Ruan van Heerden was charged with murder and handed a 25-year prison sentence on Tuesday in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court.Ruan van Heerden received a 25-year prison sentence on Tuesday in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court.He attacked his parents in their home in Pretoria in early 2020 with co-accused Carlson Phelps.He stabbed his mother 36 times while co-accused Carlson Phelps beat his father with a golf club.
Van Heerden's mother, Magda, only succumbed to her injuries a year after the attack, and died in hospital. His father, Barney, survived the attack, but is left a"childless widow" struggling with"severe trauma".
AlexMitchley gibbings_amy Only in South Africa does a murderer get a few years in gaol and a rapist receives life! Pathetic....