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>\n<\/p>\n
The six were murdered between 2012 and 2018, most with the help of a hitman, so she cold profit from life-insurance payouts.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The 46 year old was finally caught after someone she hired to kill her sister went to the police.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
She is due to be sentenced next month.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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>\n<\/p>\n
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>\n<\/p>\n
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>\n<\/p>\n
Her last victim, Brilliant Mashego, died in January 2018.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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>\n<\/p>\n
The series of murders ended after she approached someone to kill another sister and the sister\u2019s five children in March 2018.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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>\n<\/p>\n
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>\n<\/p>\n
Throughout the trial, Ndlovu maintained her innocence, accusing many of the 50 state witnesses of lying.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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>\n<\/p>\n
\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>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cShe nominated herself as the beneficiary so as to cash in on life and funeral covers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: Nam News Network<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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