Princess Alexandra surgeon unlawfully killed on holiday, says coroner
Crime / Sun 21st Dec 2025 at 08:57am
AN NHS surgeon who was shot dead in South Africa in front of his family while on a once-in-a-lifetime trip was unlawfully killed, a coroner has concluded reports the BBC.



Kar Hao Teoh, 40, was driving with his mother, wife and one-year-old son in August 2023, when he was shot dead while crowds were protesting on the road in Cape Town.
The surgeon worked at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow and lived in nearby Bishop’s Stortford.
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My thoughts are with his family who witnessed the murder of their loved one right in front of them especially his young child who will now grow up without his father
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