More Gloom and doom

[hot stuff]

Spare a thought for a young lady who is first a runner then a cyclist Lisa Chin who was brutally mugged and beaten yesterday above kirstenbosch gardens.

She rides tandem with her Husband, they are both aneasthetists here in CT.

I would like to wish her well, if any of her close friends or family are on the hub please pass this on

[Guest colonel]

Fatal or stil alive?

[Bateleur1]

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Sounds like she's alive.  But still this is awfull. All I can do is wish her well and hope she recovers well.

[NC_lurker]

My GF knows Lisa (the victim) through VOB running club.

Lisa's brother sent this email to Cape Talk radio station:

 

Dear John

 

I am writing to you in the hope that you may be able to assist us in trying to track down the attacker of my sister in Kistenbosch on Friday morning.

 

The attack was a premeditated attack with the sole aim of raping and murdering . The attacker was a black man in his mid 30's, he was well spoken with a clean shaven face. He wore grey pants and a grey/brown t shirt. He had a green theatre cap on his head. He pretended to be a fellow jogger and would more than likely have entered Kirstenbosch via cecelia forest somewhere between 6 and 6.45 am. Their where many runners/walkers in the area at the time so its likely a listener might have seen him.

 

Close to the seen of the attack workers found a bloodied t- shirt and underpants so someone might have noticed a semi clad black man near Kistenbosch/Cecelia forest. This would have been around 7.10 to 8am.

 

The attack was not an isolated incident as reported by the police/press, an attack took place in the same area 2 weeks ago. There have been atleast 4 attacks in this area in the last 2 years.

 

The attacker besides severly injuring my sister and attemting to rape her also stole her Garmin 305 frontrunner.

This can only run off a special charger or computer, at the time of the attack it had about 7-8 hours battery life left. We believe he may try to offload this and are offering a reward for its receovery as it will be able to provide much needed information. Maybe anyone with info can contact yourselves or the crime number or me ?

 

I would really appreciate your stations assistance in this matter as we all need to work on keeping our Mountain safe from this kind of pervert !

 

Many thanks

 

Andrew Chin

lurker2008-02-05 06:45:53

[GreyOwl]

This is terrible. I am so sorry to hear this, my thoughts and prayers go with Lisa and her family.

 

 

 

Just a thought, cant the Garmin be traced? Our car did not need TRACKER due to the fact that it had a SAT NAV transponder in it. Surely that can be traced?

[stringbean]

This is really sad.Work with both Lisa and her husband and both are wonderful people.Will pass all the messages on to them.

[hot stuff]

String-bean please let us know how she is doing, she must be absolutely shattered

[slowpoke]

how horrible! my thoughts are with her and her family.

(is this the same Andrew Chin who went to Rhodes?)

[Zoo Cookie]

so sorry to hear.

this reminds me of that Jodie Forster movie that came out towards the end of last year "The Brave one".  anyone seen it?

[stringbean]

Saw Lisa at the end of the Argus today.She did a 2h50 on a tandem with her husband.Great comeback lisa after all the sh*t that has happened lately.

[The Stig]

Does anyone know whether the Garmin could be traced throught its signal?  Apparently if you have your cell phones serial number and it is stolen, the cell network can block or trace the phone.  Would this apply to the Garmin as well?  If you know the serial number of your Garmin unit, is there a central tracking station where the movement can be traced?

[slowpoke]

very glad to hear she is recovering.

[hot stuff]

Saw her as well today, was great to see her, just told her she was an incredibly brave person. she has done very well in the last 3 fun rides on tandem.