The Apartheid Killer: 6. Faces at the window

World Of Secrets

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary

4.7 • 765 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

How many people did Louis van Schoor really kill? We reveal he carried out many more shootings than he was tried for. He said the police knew about them and supported him – that he had been made a scapegoat. Did he feel any remorse? What of the family of Edward Soenies, murdered by van Schoor? After 35 years, how have they tried to re-build their lives? The van Schoor case represents one of many apartheid crimes. It was part of a much wider, systematic terror - the legacy of which has left a trail of trauma still being felt across South Africa today. Since this episode was recorded, it has been announced that Louis van Schoor died, on 25 July 2024. This was a four-year investigation and the interviews with Louis van Schoor were recorded in 2022 and 2023.

Please note, this episode of World of Secrets includes descriptions of death and violence, which some listeners may find distressing.

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0:00.0	How did the richest people on the planet make their fortunes?
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0:27.8	Before we start, this episode of World of Secrets includes descriptions of death and violence, which some listeners may find distressing.
0:37.0	Following his conviction in 1992, Louis Vanskor is sent to the East London Penitentiary,
0:49.2	where he quickly becomes a model prisoner. The guards respect him. He's allowed to run a small prison shop selling
0:58.3	cigarettes and snacks to fellow inmates and he mows the lawns in the main compound.
1:10.0	Fonskwa's cellmate is black and they become friends.
1:14.4	He gets three square meals each day and as the years roll by he begins to look forward to
1:19.7	freedom.
1:21.3	Although he was originally sentenced to more than 90 years in prison for seven murders
1:25.5	he's allowed to serve each term simultaneously. In effect he only has to do 12 years
1:31.9	in jail.
1:33.0	It's an extremely lenient deal,
1:35.0	but back home things are far less peaceful.
1:39.0	A crime is about to take place.
1:41.0	That will shock South Africa.
1:44.0	It's one o'clock. I'm Shuddly Nash with the latest news.
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