British couple murdered by Isis-linked South African gang who fed their bodies to crocodiles

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An Isis-linked South African gang who violently killed a British couple before feeding their bodies to crocodiles have been found guilty of their murder.Rod Saunders, 74, and his wife Rachel, 63, were world-renowned botanists searching for rare gladioli flowers in remote mountains.A court heard how the couple, who were married for 30 years, were ambushed by Muslim convert Sayefundeen Del Vecchio, 44 in 2018.Acting alone, he tortured the couple for Rachel's Pin and bank account details before being hacked, stabbed and battered to death.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Just 48 hours earlier, the Saunderses, who lived in Cape Town, were being interviewed for the BBC's Gardeners' World in the Drakensberg Mountains, in an episode which aired two years after their passing.The BBC wildlife documentary crew and horticulturalists were attacked as they were preparing to pitch camp.Del Vecchio texted his wife, Italian-born Bibi Patel, 34 and fellow Muslim convert and lodger Mussa Jackson, 40,...

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