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A father-of-five originally from south Wales who was shot and killed at his South African home had suffered a spate of break-ins, it has emerged.A father-of-five originally from south Wales who was shot and killed at his South African home had suffered a spate of break-ins, it has emerged.
Fred Picton-Turbervill, 46, was shot in front of his wife and four youngest children by one of two armed robbers. Fred Picton-Turbervill, 46, was shot in front of his wife and four children by one of two armed robbers who stole a laptop, four mobile phones and cash.
His stepfather said the Pretoria home had been burgled several times and he imagined his stepson had stood up to the raiders to protect his family. His widow Ursula said their Pretoria home had been burgled more than once but the raiders had never been armed.
A laptop, four mobile phones and £75 were stolen in Saturday's attack. She said her children were left "very traumatised" by Saturday's attack.
Mr Picton-Turbervill, who also ran a furniture firm in Lancashire, died at hospital in Pretoria an hour after the robbery. South African born Mrs Picton-Turbervill said the family had been watching DVDs and the children, who are aged between three and 10, were jumping on trampolines when the dog began barking.
His stepfather Michael Clay, 78, said: "They had security at the house but I know they had been targeted several times. Her husband saw one of the men coming through and shouted "run". The men then took handbags, mobile phone and the laptop and forced the family to the floor saying "sleep, sleep, sleep".
"Fred's elder brother Simon who also lives out there had also been held up at gunpoint at his home in Pretoria." One of the men kicked her husband in the head she said, adding: "He kicked him in the side, he then stood back and the other guy stamped on his back and then just shot him in the head.
Mr Clay said the former-rugby player had probably confronted the burglars, adding: "I imagine that he stood up to them to protect his family." "Then they just asked me to go through the house to get jewellery for them and then they left."
The Picton-Tubervills moved to South Africa five years agoThe Picton-Tubervills moved to South Africa five years ago
It is understood the Picton-Turbervills were at home with their four children aged between 10 and three when the robbers struck. Mr Picton-Turbervill had not provoked the armed raiders in any way said his wife, adding: "He was down on the floor with me, he was holding me and I was holding the kids so he wasn't even raising his hands to them.
Mr Picton-Turbervill had asked the men not to harm his children but they did not respond, said his South African-born wife Ursula Picton-Turbervill. "All he said to them was please don't hurt my kids, please don't hurt my kids."
It is thought he was then shot in the eye in front of two of the children. She said the telephone landlines had been cut and the family had to go to a neighbour's to raise the alarm.
"I didn't see it because he was behind me but my two older girls saw it and were traumatised," said Mrs Picton-Turbervill. Her two eldest daughters witnessed their father being shot, said Mrs Picton-Turbervill, and were "very, very traumatised".
"The two younger children were round the corner but all of them saw the body and blood." "We keep thinking that it's all just a bad dream and it's going to be fine tomorrow but it just isn't. It's never going to be the same," she said.
Mr Picton-Turbervill's funeral will be held on Thursday and his ashes will be scattered in Wales at the family's estate in Ewenny in the Vale of Glamorgan. Former rugby-player Mr Picton-Turbervill, who also ran a furniture firm in Lancashire, died at hospital in Pretoria an hour after the robbery.
His father Richard and stepmother Ann, who live at the 12th Century Ewenny Priory, near Bridgend, have said they are waiting for more information. Mr Picton-Turbervill's funeral will be held on Thursday and his ashes will be scattered in the grounds of the 12th Century Ewenny Priory near Bridgend where his father Richard and stepmother Ann live.
Ursula Picton-Turbervill said they cannot return to their home
Police in Pretoria said they were investigating but no arrests had been made.Police in Pretoria said they were investigating but no arrests had been made.
"They shouted 'sleep, sleep' and 'money, money'. I don't think they could speak good English," said Mrs Picton-Turbervill of the attackers. Mrs Picton-Turbervill, who married her husband within a month of meeting him 13 years ago, said she is considering moving to Wales where family were and she would feel safer.
Ursula Picton-Turbervill said she may move her children to Wales
"It's just so pointless - Fred was doing what they said and was no threat to them.
"Was it really worth a few cell phones and some cash?"
She said their four children were coping "remarkably well" with the tragedy.
"They are being very, very strong - they know their father would have wanted that," she said.
Mr Picton-Tubervill's son Jamie, from a previous relationship, had been celebrating his 21st birthday on the day of the shooting.Mr Picton-Tubervill's son Jamie, from a previous relationship, had been celebrating his 21st birthday on the day of the shooting.
He has flown out to South Africa with Mr Picton-Turbervill's mother, Catherine, 78, a member of the Vale of Glamorgan Council.He has flown out to South Africa with Mr Picton-Turbervill's mother, Catherine, 78, a member of the Vale of Glamorgan Council.
Describing her husband as "a wonderful and gregarious man", Mrs Picton-Turbervill, 41, said she met him at a family barbecue 13 years before and they married within a month.
They then settled in Burnley, Lancashire and had moved out to Pretoria about five years ago.
Mrs Picton-Turbervill said the couple had been aware of the high violent crime rate in the Waterkloof Ridge area where they lived - their home was surrounded by two-metre high walls and electric fencing.
But she said she may move back to south Wales for the safety of her children.