A couple who made up a batch of home-brew beer to get round South Africa’s tough alcohol ban during lockdown died in agony after drinking one bottle of the ale each.
South Africa currently has instilled a stringent alcohol ban, leaving some to fend for themselves. A couple made the thought of taking it into their own hands, but have resulted in taking their own lives with their hands, as a matter of fact.
Tony Hilliar, 54, and Alida Fouche, 42, have been found in their abode in Port Nolloth in Northern Cape province, South Africa. They had apparently run out of their alcohol spplies and tried the damned recipe for themselves. They were found by their estate agent Tony, who made a desperate call for help.
The emergency rescue workers found Alida already dead and fiance Tony rolling on the floor with severe stomachache. He died right after he got into the hospital. There were two bottles of home brew beer, and they were tested for toxins and lethal materials.
Close friend Tommy Cockcroft, 52, said: ‘They both liked a drink at the end of the day which is typically South African but thanks to this poorly thought out government ban there is no alcohol.
Everyone is making their own beer so Tony did as well but it seems something went terribly wrong with the brew and that they both collapsed and died very senseless deaths This alcohol ban is just beyond total belief and there is no sense whatsoever in it and the sooner people are treated like grown ups the better’ he said.
Pastor Bertus de Jager close reverend to the couple also said: ‘They were very much in love and you would always see them around the town or on the beach hand in hand together. ‘They were lovely people and had been together about six years and were engaged to be married two years ago.
This is so so tragic’ he said.
South African Police spokesperson Brigadier Mohale Ramatseba said in an official statement: ‘A 42-year-old woman was found dead in a flat and 54-year-old man was found in extreme pain and subsequently died in hospital and an inquest docket has been opened for both.
Two empty bottles of homemade brew have been seized for forensic tests’ he said.
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