Good Samaritans raise funds after pool cue killing

Ludi Vink with his girlfriend Clare Boadle. He was tragically murdered while trying to stop a fight between two people he didn't know, pushing his mother into safety and protecting those around him. Photo: Facebook

Ludi Vink with his girlfriend Clare Boadle. He was tragically murdered while trying to stop a fight between two people he didn't know, pushing his mother into safety and protecting those around him. Photo: Facebook

Published Feb 27, 2017

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Good Samaritans have donated about R23 000 to the family of a man who died after being stabbed in the eye with a pool cue at a bar in Alberton.

A page on an Australian social media site posted an appeal, pleading for people to make donations to Ludi Vink’s family.

At the time of publication, more than 30 donations had been submitted. The page stated that the funds raised would assist the family with funeral and related costs.

Delete the CCTV footage and rather share this video... "this is the memory we want everyone to have about Ludi Vink" https://t.co/Fh0YHEKIgU

— Brent Lindeque (@BrentLindeque) February 24, 2017

The goal is to raise A$5 000 (about R50 000). So far, A$2 300 has been raised.

Vink died after the attack at Mitzy’s Biker Pub last week. CCTV footage shows Vink seemingly trying to break up a fight when a burly man walks over, picks a pool cue off the table and thrusts it towards his face.

Vink is seen falling. He was rushed to Natalspruit Hospital and then transferred to the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre.

#PubAttack Danie Olivier is well known as debt collector in Alberton. Handed himself over to cops for Ludi Vink’s murder today. pic.twitter.com/t7uHgCIPom

— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) February 24, 2017

Danie Olivier handed himself over last week and was later released on bail of R5 000.

Meanwhile, there has been a massive outcry on the GoFundMe page.

Goodthingsguy.com said Vink’s fiancée, Clare Boadle, who stays in Australia, arrived on the morning of his operation to say goodbye to him. She revealed that his heart was being donated to a patient in Cape Town.

“Today I said goodbye to the love of my life, best friend and soulmate. I’m so glad I got to hold you and kiss you one last time. Ludi was declared brain dead after being brutally attacked. He was kept alive on life support so that he can donate all of his organs, with the first being his heart going straight to a patient in Cape Town. I don’t know how I’ll do this without you. I love you and I’m yours forever,” she said.

Ludi’s mother, Danlee Vink, took to Facebook, saying: “My heart is ripped out, my soul in pain. My darling, beautiful, kind son, Ludi Vink. So pointlessly and savagely ripped from me. Every part of me is in pain…”

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