Dundee Pensioner Murdered In South Africa

A Scottish pensioner who was living abroad has been murdered at home in South Africa, it's emerged.

Sandra Malcom's body was found at her Cape Town home when her grandson reportedly climbed in a window when she didn't answer the door.
 
The 74-year-old grandmother, originally from Dundee, was found on Sunday morning at the Capri Mews complex in the Marina Da Gama area of the city.
 
She had been planning to return to Scotland next month to visit family in Tayside.
 
Sandra had lived in South Africa for 35 years and is survived by two daughters, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
 
Today her nephew, Colin Chalmers, of Dundee, said the family had been left "distraught" by the violent murder.
 
He said: "My parents, her sister and brother-in-law, are absolutely in bits.
 
"I'm absolutely gobsmacked, I've never had to deal with anything like this before, it's completely shocking.
 
"All I know is that my auntie has been murdered, I don't want to court any of the rumours around it because we know very little at this stage."
 
One neighbour, who asked not to be identified, described Sandra as "friendly" and "burly", adding: "It's so strange because we didn't hear anything, no struggle or a gunshot.
 
"She wouldn't let anyone get to her. It' so strange because we didn’t hear anything, no struggle or a gunshot.
 
"I left for church before 10am and I walked past her flat and I didn’t hear or see anything.
 
"When I came back from church I saw the police vans and they said she had been murdered.
 
"The family is so shaken they are not in a state to speak."

Details are still emerging of how the pensioner came to be found at her flat.
 
South African news networks reported that neighbours said Sandra was last seen with friends on Saturday afternoon.
 
The city's Daily Voice newspaper said residents claimed they did not hear any gunshots or sounds of struggle during the night or on Sunday morning.
 
Police in Cape Town declined to comment on the circumstances of Sandra's death.
 
They said a post-mortem will be conducted to determine the exact cause of death.
 
Forensic experts and detectives on Sunday combed the scene for hours, with traumatised neighbours and relatives standing around.
 
Police spokesperson Captain FC Van Wyk said: "The motive for the killing is unknown at this stage.
 
"A post-mortem will be held to establish the exact cause of death."