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Chelsea Pieterse, The Witness

Pietermaritzburg - An elderly couple found murdered in their Oribi home early on Thursday morning may have been attacked in an attempt to steal their house.

The couple, Susan, 72, and Melvin Lawson, 71, were both stabbed in the neck, had petrol poured on them and were then set alight before the intruders made off with their television set.

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