Nollywood Stuff: Another killing in former home of African-American actress Charlize Theron

(PHOTO 1: "The house in Benoni, South Africa, where actress Charlize

Theron grew up. This is where a man was murdered during a robbery on

Friday." This is also where Theron's mother gunned down her husband

in self-defense in 1991)



(PHOTO 2: "Charlize Theron and her mother Gerda at the 82nd Academy

Awards in 2010")



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The famous Johannesburg-based tabloid The Star reported on October 3

that last Friday a man called Barry Newland was murdered in his

residence Benoni, in a deadly home invasion attack.



Citing police spokeswoman Lieutenant Nomsa Sekele, The Star reports

that five robbers "forced [Newland] inside the bathroom, where his

hands and feet were tied up and a plastic bag was put over his head.



"The thugs had left him to suffocate."



Unfortunately, an all too common crime these days in South

Africa--what with quasi daily farm invasions, carjackings, etc.



But Barry Newland was fated to gain celebriby status of sort in death.



As it turns out, the house that Newland was murdered in was also the

scene of the killing of the father of award-winning actress and

activist Charlize Theron.



The Star:



"In 1991, Charles [Jacobus Theron] was shot by [Charlize's] mother

Gerda after he had allegedly returned home drunk and threatened to

kill the mother and daughter with his shotgun.



"In an interview with ABC News in 2004, Charlize said the drunk man

had fired the gun into her room before Gerda shot him with a handgun.



"Gerda was never prosecuted for the shooting, which was believed to

have been in self-defence."



(Source: www.iol.co.za/the-star/another-killing-in-charlize-theron-s-former-home-1.1394951)



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PHOTO CREDITS: Photo 1: Boxer Ngwenya/INLSA; Photo 2: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters