Briton shot dead in front of family

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Fred Picton-Turbervill, 46, was co-operating with robbers but was shot in the eye by one of the two men.

They escaped with four mobile phones, a laptop and around £80 in cash. Mr Picton-Turbervill was pronounced dead in hospital an hour later.

His wife, Ursula Picton-Turbervill, 41, has spoken of how they had previously agreed to co-operate with raiders if they were ever victims of a violent break-in.

The killing was witnessed by the couple's traumatised young children, who are struggling to come to terms with the event.

The attack happened on Saturday evening at the family's fortified home in an affluent suburb of Pretoria, the capital of South Africa.

Businessman Mr Picton-Turbervill, who has two children by a previous marriage, ran a successful furniture company in Burnley before moving to the country in 2003.

His wife, a South African national, has taken refuge with her children, Samantha, 10, Bryony, nine, Natasha, six, and Gregory, three, at the home of a neighbour. She now plans to sell up and return to the UK for the safety of the children.

"Fred and I had agreed that if ever we were attacked we would co-operate and let the robbers take what they want," she told the online edition of South Africa's Daily News newspaper. "We did exactly that. We offered no resistance."

Richard and Ann Picton-Turbervill, the parents of the victim, were still waiting for official news of the tragedy. Speaking briefly from their home in Bridgend, South Wales, Mrs Picton-Turbervill said: "We are waiting for more information. We have no further comment to make."