Widow of slain doctor prays for killer's soul

29 May 2015 - 02:28
By Philani Nombembe

The widow of a Stellenbosch paediatrician prays every day for her husband's killer. Dalene Heyns held out an olive branch to Marthinus van der Walt, 35, shortly after he was handed a life sentence in the Cape Town High Court yesterday for murdering Louis Heyns.Heyns's body was found in a shallow grave in Strand in May 2013.

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