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A sensless murder of a great musician

A sensless murder of a great musician

Date: 2018-09-07

A British national bled to death after being stabbed by a mugger in the Burman Bush nature reserve near Durban after police took 12 hours to find him.

Simon Milliken, 60, was chased and stabbed by the robber on a bridwatching trail just half a kilometer into his hike.

Simon was walking with visiting US and Hong Kong based conductor Perry So who had been conducting the KZN Philly for the last two weeks.

An American companion escaped and managed to raise the alarm but rescue teams were unable to find Mr Milliken after he staggered dying into dense forest.

And he was beyond hope when a police tracker dog team found him the next day with stab wounds which had penetrated his lungs.

Police launched a manhunt for the mugger after he escaped with Mr Milliken's camera.

Mr Milliken was a prominent musician, playing principal bass with the Kwazula-Natal Philharmonic Orchesta.

He had a home in Durban but had a mother and brother in the UK, who were understood to have been informed yesterday.

South African sources said he and his wife Maria had both been keen birdwatchers for years but he had been out with a pal looking for rare species when the robber pounced.

A source close to the inquiry said: "It looks like he could have bled to death during the night from a punctured lung and was alive for a long time.

"There are lots of questions being asked about the speed of the recovery and we'll have to wait for the post mortem examination."

Simon Miliken fought the mugger off when an American pal was attacked.