Fluffykins
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Wow, JJ - it sounds like Henri is in for a rough time of it. I've just been googling Drakenstein Prison and read a few articles, none particularly pertinent or recent but ... wow ... it sounds like you'd be better off with the overcrowding at Pollsmoor than the violence at Drakenstein. I'm almost - but not quite - tempted to wish him good luck.
I couldn't find the video on Pollsmoor Prison on JJ's link so went to YouTube.
Pollsmoor is SA's most notorious prison and is one of the most dangerous prisons in the world, with the Numbers Gang basically running the prison, and diseases spreading easily due to overcrowding is just one of the many problems this prison faces.
Go to the last link in my post above and watch the video. It's incredible.
Doh! I've found it now, didn't scroll to the end of the page.It's definitely there patCee. It's the last link in #869 entitled 9 of the Worst Prisons in SA. You have to scroll a long way down to the very end and it is the same YouTube video you have above.
I remain convinced that he did not want to wait for his inheritance and thought that he deserved it all. To me, that motive is clear. He did not want to work or even study, he wanted it all to live a life of leisure and Danielle was there for the free ride too.The inmates who serve in the restaurant and work in the kitchen are all low security prisoners. With 3 life sentences + 15 years, HvB would have a snowflake's chance in hell of ever working in those surroundings. I don't believe he would ever be categorised as a low risk prisoner. As no motive is known, it would be fair to say that no-one could ever predict what might set him off again on a murderous rampage. How can you rehabilitate a person when you're unaware of their problem.
He met Danielle at the cooking school a year after the murders. He tends not to complete anything he starts, to wit university, the murders (with Marli surviving), and the culinary course (both he and Danielle dropped out). I consider him to be an extremely dangerous person, and probably a psychopath. I wouldn't be at all surprised if he stays there much longer than we expect. I'll never know but I can certainly hope.
That suggests advance planning IMO, (I mean before the night in question) and I really don't think anyone would plan a murder like that, where they are left at the crime scene virtually unscathed during an axe rampage, with no signs of a burglary even. The argument and the murders taking place 3 to 4 hours later tells us this was a reaction. It may be that Teresa and Marli weren't involved in the argument, but I think by the time he decided to carry out this massacre he had already determined that he would leave no witnesses alive. I also think he left Marli to bleed out as long as possible before calling emergency services and did not expect her to survive.I remain convinced that he did not want to wait for his inheritance and thought that he deserved it all. To me, that motive is clear. He did not want to work or even study, he wanted it all to live a life of leisure and Danielle was there for the free ride too.