Jealous Boyfriend Shot and kill His Girlfriend of 10 Years

Annelene Pillay was murdered in cold blood by her 'evil' lover of ten years as she left work – exactly as she feared she would be, her family said

 

In a final phone call to her mother just minutes before she was killed, the 27-year-old confessed, 'Mummy, I’m scared’, her sister told Dailymail.

 

In disturbing CCTV footage captured in South Africa, the last terrifying minute of Annelene’s life is played out in graphic detail, showing her fleeing for her life as she is pursued by gun-obsessed Tyrone Pillay, 31.

 

An hour before her death, Annelene who is a customer care assistant had been warned that Pillay, had tried to trace her car’s location. 

 

 

Annelene had changed her phone number and tried to break off the abusive ten-year relationship, causing Pillay ‘to explode’ with rage, her sister Shantal Naidu said.

 

‘Only a few minutes before she left work, she spoke to our mum,’ Mrs Naidu said. 

 

‘Annelene had a tracking device on her car and Tyrone had phoned the tracking company to find out where she was and they had let her know that, so she was worried he was on his way to find her.

 

‘She said to our mum, "Mummy, I’m really scared", she was worried that he would be waiting for her by her car, that he was coming for her. Annelene's mother, Charmaine Pillay, told her local newspaper The Post: 'There was something in the tone of her voice that sounded like she knew he was coming after her. I told her to be brave.'

 

Police called Mrs Pillay shortly after and said her daughter had been involved in ‘an accident’ at work.

 

'During the drive to her workplace, I sat in the car reassuring myself that she may have only been hurt,’ she said. 

 

‘As we drove into the parking area, the first thing I saw was the foil covering her body and I broke down.’

 

Shantal added: ‘He had threatened her many times - we never thought he would take it this far. Obviously we now really wish she had done something about him a long time ago.

 

Annelene and boyfriend

‘My poor parents had to go to the scene and identify her. My father can’t handle it, they were so close, so similar, Annelene was a mini-Dad - he is broken.’ 

 

Shantal said that Annelene had kept her boyfriend away from the family, knowing they did not approve of him.

 

Annelene and her killer shared a surname, but were not married – Pillay is a common name in the Indian community based in Durban.

‘No one in the family or among her friends liked him - he had this evil persona about him, and was so possessive,' Shantal said.

 

'He had hit her in the past and used to phone the home landline to check up on her when they weren’t together. 

 

'We don’t know what she loved about him, but she was very defensive of him for a very long time. But in recent weeks before she died, she was more honest about who he really was, that there wasn’t anything good about him.’

 

Tyrone Pillay was arrested a day after the killing and appeared in court last week charged with murder.