{"id":42855,"date":"2021-10-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailysouthafrica.com\/?guid=0f006ede8996e1bab43f662ffa9f1dc6"},"modified":"2021-10-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T00:00:00","slug":"south-africa-ex-policewoman-found-guilty-killing-relatives-and-boyfriend-for-insurance-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailysouthafrica.com\/south-africa-ex-policewoman-found-guilty-killing-relatives-and-boyfriend-for-insurance-cash\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa: Ex-policewoman found guilty killing relatives and boyfriend for insurance cash"},"content":{"rendered":"
A South African ex-policewoman Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu has been found guilty of killing five relatives and her boyfriend at the end of a trial that has gripped the country.<\/P>
<\/P>
The six were murdered between 2012 and 2018, most with the help of a hitman, so she cold profit from life-insurance payouts.<\/P>
<\/P>
The 46 year old was finally caught after someone she hired to kill her sister went to the police.<\/P>
<\/P>
She is due to be sentenced next month.<\/P>
<\/P>
Ndlovu was also found guilty of the attempted murder of her mother, Maria Mushwana, as well as insurance fraud after having pocketed an estimated 1.4m rand.<\/P>
<\/P>
Over the course of the three-month trial, the prosecution revealed how she had systematically arranged life and funeral insurance for her relatives and then had them killed.<\/P>
<\/P>
The first person to be murdered was her cousin, Witness Madala Homu, in March 2012. Then her sister, boyfriend, niece and two nephews were all killed.<\/P>
<\/P>
Her last victim, Brilliant Mashego, died in January 2018.<\/P>
<\/P>
In most cases she hired hitmen to carry out the murders, but in 2013 she poisoned and strangled her sister Audrey Somisa Ndlovu herself.<\/P>
<\/P>
The series of murders ended after she approached someone to kill another sister and the sister\u2019s five children in March 2018.<\/P>
<\/P>
The man she hired informed the police who then arranged a sting operation to record her talking about the plans, the Times Live news site reports.<\/P>
<\/P>
Ndlovu was heard speaking about how she wanted the six to be burnt alive at home saying that she needed the money, Times Live says.<\/P>
<\/P>
Throughout the trial, Ndlovu maintained her innocence, accusing many of the 50 state witnesses of lying.<\/P>
<\/P>
But the prosecution produced evidence to show how she had been with most of her victims before their deaths and how she had benefited afterwards.<\/P>
<\/P>
\u201cThe accused was either the last person to see them alive or the first to notice that they were missing,\u201d state advocate Riana Williams said.<\/P>
<\/P>
\u201cShe nominated herself as the beneficiary so as to cash in on life and funeral covers.\u201d<\/P>
<\/P>
Source: Nam News Network<\/P>
<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A South African ex-policewoman Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu has been found guilty of killing five relatives and her boyfriend at the end of a trial that has gripped the country.The six were murdered between 2012 and 2018, most with the help of a hitman, so sh…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n