On the morning of Friday the 19th May 2017 Shaun
McFeast (of 12 Bergrivier drive, Kempton Park) assaulted his fiancé Ursula McLeod
(of 72 Oranjerivier drive, Kempton Park) out of jealousy with the intent to
cause her grievous bodily harm. He slapped her across the face and pushed her
down the stairs. Ursula broke her arm and seriously injured her back. Shaun left
her in pain and rushed out of her apartment into the parking lot of the complex.
He jumped into his modified Fast and Furious Ford Ranger Wild-track and took
off like a man in a hurry.
Still seething from the anger of what he termed
inappropriate conduct by her fiancé, Shaun’s mind was not on the wheel. This is
so because he drove through a red robot at the corner of Kwartel Road and
Mooifontein road and crashed into James Brown’s small Kia Picanto on the left
hand side. Shaun’s negligent driving was the sole cause of the accident. Shaun’s
4x4 only had minor damage, but James’s vehicle was a complete write off due to
the impact. Both motor vehicles were insured against damage.
At the time of impact, James had his safety belt on and
as a result only suffered minor bruises. He was hospitalized at the Arwyp
private hospital and was treated for shock and the minor bruises. James was
released from hospital on the morning of Sunday the 21st May 2017.
James’s pregnant wife, Tiffany, and their 5-year-old
daughter, Angelique, both sitting on the left hand side in the vehicle, were seriously
injured in the motor vehicle accident. Tiffany, 8 months into her pregnancy,
was also wearing a safety belt and went into labour due to the accident. Young
Matilda was born a few hours later, but her mother sadly died on Saturday
morning, 20 May 2017, due to severe loss of blood. Matilda was born with
deformities due to the motor vehicle accident and will need special care for
the rest of her life.
At the time of impact, Angelique, who usually sits in
her little baby seat at the back, had just loosed her safety belt to pick up
some sweets that fell on the car seat. Unfortunately, she broke her left leg
and her right shoulder in the accident. She had to undergo three operations to
correct the fracture in her left leg. She will walk with difficulty for the
rest of her life and her mobility has been affected by her injuries.
A month on from the tragic accident that claimed his
wife’s life and left his two daughters with physical hardships, James suffered
post-traumatic stress and had to receive psychiatric treatment for 12 months.
James had indemnity insurance to cover the damage to
his vehicle, but because he was retrenched 3 months before the accident, he
decided to cancel his full medical aid insurance and only had a hospital plan
to cover the family at the time of the accident. Tiffany was a partner in a successful
architect firm and James was the beneficiary of life insurance cover over her
life (Tiffany) to the value of R10m. James sold the shares Tiffany held in the architect
firm for R5m.