The father and son team of Cloete and Thomas Murray spent just over an hour before they were killed taking control of a luxury property in Melrose Arch. Their vehicle was attacked just 20 minutes after they departed the upmarket complex. | CowansView
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Within 20 minutes after Cloete and Thomas Murray left Melrose Arch in Johannesburg at just before 14:00 on Saturday afternoon, an unknown number of gunmen would open fire on their Toyota Prado in broad daylight as they drove along the N1 North on the way back to Pretoria. Thomas, 28, was declared dead at the scene, while Cloete, 57, was struck at least once in the head and died on Sunday morning at Netcare Sunninghill Hospital. Their car came to a stop just after the New Road bridge.
News24 has pieced together their movements on the day of the shooting, and discovered the pair were working on a major liquidation case involving R26 million in properties, linked to a bigger matter in which at least R176 million was at stake. Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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