A couple of days ago a friend of ours who was only 41 yrs old died after being stabbed by a man 5 days beforehand. John was a superkeen freshwater turtle keeper and was very passionate about his beloved pets. The guy who stabbed John was his friend who set fire to his house after he stabbed him even though he knew that there were lots of freshwater turtles living in tanks in the house. Both John and his murderer, Tom, had picked up turtles from me a couple of times recently. Just thought I'd mention it as John was such a nice person and a keen herper!
Excerpt from news article:
Charges are likely to be upgraded against a man who is alleged to have stabbed a 41-year-old man in the chest after the victim died in hospital yesterday.
Tommy Vivian Metcalfe, 55, from Gidgegannup, is accused of stabbing John Kreppold in the early hours of Friday morning at the victim's Caponi Road propery in Barragup.
The victim staggered to an adjoining property, where he collapsed with a single stab wound to the chest.
Mr Kreppold was taken to Peel Health Campus and later transferred to Royal Perth Hospital.
He underwent surgery to the wound in his chest that morning but a spokesman for Royal Perth Hospital said at the time that the victim had lost a lot of blood.
It is also alleged Mr Metcalfe also set fire to the victim's home, causing $100,000 damage.
He was originally charged with grievous bodily harm and criminal damage by fire and will next appear in the Mandurah Magistrate's Court on January 19.
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Excerpt from news article:
Charges are likely to be upgraded against a man who is alleged to have stabbed a 41-year-old man in the chest after the victim died in hospital yesterday.
Tommy Vivian Metcalfe, 55, from Gidgegannup, is accused of stabbing John Kreppold in the early hours of Friday morning at the victim's Caponi Road propery in Barragup.
The victim staggered to an adjoining property, where he collapsed with a single stab wound to the chest.
Mr Kreppold was taken to Peel Health Campus and later transferred to Royal Perth Hospital.
He underwent surgery to the wound in his chest that morning but a spokesman for Royal Perth Hospital said at the time that the victim had lost a lot of blood.
It is also alleged Mr Metcalfe also set fire to the victim's home, causing $100,000 damage.
He was originally charged with grievous bodily harm and criminal damage by fire and will next appear in the Mandurah Magistrate's Court on January 19.
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