Daisy de Melker (1993)

The infamous poisoner, Daisy Louisa de Melker (née Hancorn-Smith) was born on 1 July 1886 near Grahamstown. Daisy was charged with the murder of her two previous husbands and her son. Her trial began in October 1932 before Judge Greenberg in Johannesburg. Daisy was not found guilty of the murder of her two previous husbands, but she was found guilty of the murder of her son. On 30 December 1932, Daisy was hanged in Pretoria Central Prison, without ever pleading guilty or showing any remorse. Daisy was the second woman in South Africa to be hanged.

Daisy de Melker

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Graham Armitage

Graham Armitage

as Justice Leo Greenberg

Charlotte Butler

Charlotte Butler

as Alfred Cowle

as Sid de Melker

as Robert Sproat

as William Sproat

as Issy Maisels

Martin Le Maitre

Martin Le Maitre

as John Hancorn-Smith

Tertius Meintjes

Tertius Meintjes

Emma Jane Mezher

Emma Jane Mezher

Annelize van der Ryst Hattingh

Annelize van der Ryst Hattingh

as Anna Cilliers

Michael Richard

Michael Richard

as Harry Morris

Michael Maxwell

Michael Maxwell

as Det Wolhuter

as Rhodes Cecil Cowle

as Ethel Balderow

as Leonard Balderow

Darryl Robertson

Darryl Robertson

David Clatworthy

David Clatworthy

as Robert Hancorn-Smith

as Miss Marlowe

Shelagh Holiday

Shelagh Holiday

as James Hancorn-Smith

as Miss Tisdale

as Edwina Howell

as Justice of the Peace

as Lady Douglas Howell

as Winston Marples

Douglas Bristow

Douglas Bristow

Jurgen Hellberg

Jurgen Hellberg

as Insurance Agent

as Young Rhodes

Frantz Dobrowsky

Frantz Dobrowsky

as Dr Mallinick

Iain Winter-Smith

Iain Winter-Smith

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