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Brett Williams was beaten to death after a rugby match at Kings Park Stadium in Durban. Pic: Supplied<\/p>\n
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Durban – When South African-born British citizen and former Royal Marine Brett Williams, 29, was killed at Durban\u2019s Kings Park Stadium last month, a 37-year-old Durban-born former Royal Marine, also named Brett Williams, spent that week convincing relatives and friends that he was still alive. <\/p>\n
While Williams, of England, watched the Sharks Super Rugby match against the Melbourne Rebels, the Durban-born Brett went to a friend\u2019s wedding in Hillcrest, then saw the same match on TV. <\/p>\n
When The Mercury quoted the dead Williams\u2019s cousin, Tarryn, in an article, the other Brett\u2019s father, Gwilym, relatives, and friends were convinced that their Brett had died because he, coincidentally, had a sister named Tarryn. <\/p>\n
\u201cI received phone calls from London and around the world from friends of Brett. Everyone was worried,\u201d Gwilym said. <\/p>\n
\u201cMy son phoned me and told me he was safe, but nevertheless I was, and still am, inundated with phone calls.\u201d <\/p>\n
Williams, who was working as a maritime safety officer and had been in Durban while his ship was docked, was beaten to death by five men after partying with rugby supporters after the match. <\/p>\n
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The men charged with the murder are out on bail and will appear in court again in June. <\/p>\n
Speaking to The Mercury from his home on an Inanda farm, Brett said he was saddened by the death of Williams, and Royal Marines across the world were outraged. <\/p>\n
He said that after newspaper reports, the \u201cBlackBerry messages (BBMs), SMSes and phone calls did not stop.\u201d <\/p>\n
Marines and his commanders in England phoned him. <\/p>\n
\u201cPlease calm down. I am alive. I am alive,\u201d he told them. <\/p>\n
Then his father alerted him that, this week, some old friends were planning a memorial service for him. <\/p>\n
\u201cI phoned them and asked if I could come too. I joined the marines in 2002 and I assume some of my old friends could not recognise me in the newspaper photos because they had not seen me in a long time.\u201d <\/p>\n
The two men shared a love for rugby. <\/p>\n
\u201cI always go to Kings Park and watch my rugby,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
He described the attack on Williams as \u201cunfair\u201d, saying even when the men knocked him down \u201che would have stood up again because that was what he was trained to do\u201d. <\/p>\n
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