Killer Packham’s daughter dotes on her ‘wonderful’ dad

23 May 2019 - 19:00
By Dan Meyer
Kerry Meyer giving evidence in mitigation of sentence at her father Rob Packham's murder trial in the Cape Town High Court.
Image: Dan Meyer Kerry Meyer giving evidence in mitigation of sentence at her father Rob Packham's murder trial in the Cape Town High Court.

When Kerry-Ann Meyer entered the witness box at the Cape Town High Court on Wednesday, she exchanged a smile with the man who murdered her mother.

Meyer, the elder daughter of Rob Packham and his wife Gill, was there to testify in mitigation of her father’s sentence, painting a portrait of the ideal family man.