Family: ‘Killer’ was never Kerwin Burt’s bra

A KALKSTEENFONTEIN mother says her son’s alleged killer told her “ek sal hom weer vrek steek” as they came face to face at the scene of the crime. 

Kerwin Burt, 20, was reportedly stabbed in the neck with a pair of scissors in the early hours of Sunday morning at about 4.40am in Valhalla Walk.

The Daily Voice initially reported that Burt was stabbed by a friend following an alleged bekgeveg after drinking, according to local councillor Angus McKenzie.

However, the family said that daai is alles behalwe die waarheid.

A family member explained that the accused is from the same area and that Burt occasionally chilled with him, however they weren’t brasse.

The family member explained: “Early that morning someone came shouting for his mother and when she went around there, Kerwin was still alive. When she got to the scene his eyes were still open and he said ‘Mammie, Mammie’ and then his eyes tipped over.

“She then ran to call his daddy to get someone to take him to the hospital, but when she got back to the crime scene he had already passed away.

“But when she arrived [at the scene again], the perpetrator was still standing [there] with the scissors in his hand and she asked him ‘hoekom het jy my kind gesteek?’ 

“And he said ‘ja, ek het mos jou kind gesteek en ek sal hom weer vrek steek’ and she just burst out in tears.”

At that moment the accused’s mother took him to the police station after he allegedly confessed to the murder.

It is alleged that the motive for the stabbing was due to a missing cellphone that they had accused Burt of stealing, however the owner of the phone later found the device at her friend’s house.

The source added: “The girl didn’t even come to say sorry to Kerwin’s mother, because if she didn’t blame him then this wouldn’t have happened.”

The accused made a brief first appearance at the Bishop Lavis Magistrates Court on 2 December and was granted bail of R1 000, leaving the family shattered.

Bishop Lavis Community Policing Forum (CPF) Chairperson Amanda Davids said she pleads with the justice system to not fail the family who are already traumatised.

Davids adds: “I want to ask our youth to use their words and not their fists and weapons.”