Daily Stormer
December 22, 2016
It couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.
IOL:
City of Cape Town transport official and former journalist Steven Otter died of stab wounds to the chest and face early on Friday after confronting intruders in the Harfield Village home that he moved into just two weeks ago.
The attack occurred at about 4am.
A neighbour awoke to screams from Otter’s corner home at 26 Cambridge Street, the last unit of a renovated terrace, and arrived to find 43-year-old Otter bleeding profusely in the arms of his partner, Nathalie Williams. He died soon after.
Williams’s daughter, Madison, 7, was also in the house at the time.
A sombre atmosphere pervaded the quiet street later in the morning as a police forensic team sealed the property for the murder investigation.
The house is around the corner from popular Harfield Village steakhouse, Brad’s Grill.
Police spokesman Andre Traut said: “Two suspects fled the scene with a television set, a laptop computer and a cellular telephone, and are yet to be arrested.”
Otter was widely known in political and media circles, and beyond. News of his death was greeted with shock and sadness.
Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille, for whom Otter had worked when she was leader of the Independent Democrats, said she was devastated by his murder.
A city statement said: “Mayor De Lille fondly referred to Otter as ‘Stevovo’ or ‘my pavement special’ in reference to his eccentric nature.”
De Lille added: “I have known and worked with dear Stevovo for many years and he was truly a one-of-a-kind person whose dedication was certainly one of his greatest traits. He will be sorely missed.”
Speaking from Taipei, where he is a teacher, one of Otter’s brothers, Thomas, told the Weekend Argus: “From a very early age, Steven always had a heart for those less fortunate than himself. And if we walked to the corner shop and he had a little money for sweets, he’d always share them.”