Several charities that stood to benefit from a last will turned to court after the testament was changed a week before the death of the frail deceased.
Five charities, including several animal welfare organisations, that were cited as beneficiaries in a will executed by a deceased person, turned to court to question a “new” will the 91-year-old made a week before his death, leaving his entire estate to a person he hardly knew.
The late John Peters, described as an English gentleman, made a will together with his wife in September 2020, leaving his estate to the charities.
It is claimed by a man purported to be regarded as Peters’ son (not biologically) that Peters revoked all previous wills and, on his deathbed, bequeathed all to him.
Leonard Moodley, the “new beneficiary”, claimed he saved the Peters couple years before from a robbery. Since then, he said, Peters regarded him as a hero and called him his son.
