{"id":230222,"date":"2024-10-11T13:28:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T13:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/11\/tributes-paid-to-british-man-killed-in-kenya\/"},"modified":"2024-10-11T13:28:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T13:28:45","slug":"tributes-paid-to-british-man-killed-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/11\/tributes-paid-to-british-man-killed-in-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Tributes paid to British man killed in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/572\/57270979.295.jpg\" alt=\"John Middleton had lived in Kenya for at least a decade\" title=\"John Middleton had lived in Kenya for at least a decade\" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>John Middleton had lived in Kenya for at least a decade<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Tributes have been paid to a &#8220;wonderful&#8221; British man whose body was discovered following an attack at his home in Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>Local officials in Mombasa said John Middleton, who had previously lived in Norfolk, was found in the bath of his property with stab wounds.<\/p>\n<p>The 75-year-old former football referee was due to take part in a round of golf on Saturday morning but did not turn up, his club captain, Dinesh Sasan said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Middleton had also reported someone had tried to poison his dogs in the days leading up to his death, Mr Sasan told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>Local media reported he had been attacked with a machete and that it had been left behind at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Jamleck Mbuba, deputy county commissioner for the Kisauni constituency, said there appeared to have been &#8220;a slight struggle&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>But he told NTV Kenya: &#8220;The scene was not very disturbed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Middleton&#8217;s housekeeper reportedly raised the alarm after he did not answer his doorbell on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Middleton, described by friends in Kenya as &#8220;a wonderful guy&#8221;, was an avid golfer and played at the nearby Nyali Golf and Country Club.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sasan, who had known Mr Middleton since 2015, said: &#8220;I used to be with him three or four times a week. We were all sitting together on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was very polite, he would stick to his principles and was very helpful. I am totally shocked. It is beyond belief.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said the British High Commission was now involved and that a post-mortem was due to be carried out.<\/p>\n<p><b>&#8216;Not very secure&#8217;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mr Sasan described how Mr Middleton&#8217;s house, in the Utange district, was not in a location where many expatriates lived.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately the area he was in was not a very secure one&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>It was reported that nothing had been stolen from the property.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Middleton&#8217;s ex-wife, Regina, had also been killed during a break-in in 2018 at her home some 20km (12 miles) north of Utange, Mr Sasan confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to moving to Kenya, Mr Middleton had been an amateur football referee in his spare time.<\/p>\n<p>The Norfolk FA said it was &#8220;saddened&#8221; to hear of his death.<\/p>\n<p>Its statement said: &#8220;John officiated for many years in the county and was a committed and well-liked match official.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The thoughts of all at Norfolk FA are with John\u2019s family and friends at this sad time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said it was &#8220;supporting the family of a British man who has died in Kenya and are in contact with the local authorities&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Middleton had lived in Kenya for at least a decade Tributes have been paid to a &#8220;wonderful&#8221; British man whose body was discovered following an attack at his home in Kenya. 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