Newlands residents Slindile Zamisa and her daughter Andile Zamisa were found guilty of kidnapping, killing and dumping the bodies of their neighbour Simangele Simamane and her teenage daughter Sbongakonke Mthembu in October 2020.
Slindile's stepdaughter, Nomfundo Ngcobo, and Sthembiso Lamula were sentenced to 20 and six years respectively, for their roles in the case.Delivering judgment on Friday, the Durban high court said it found the testimonies of the state’s witnesses reliable, adding that there was no reason to believe they would falsely implicate the suspects.
The two had told the court during the trial that Simamane and Mthembu Zamisa were killed in their home in Newlands on October 5, 2020 before their bodies dumped in KwaDabeka. Lamula admitted he had been involved in disposing of the bodies at Slindile's request and drove the vehicle when they fled to Johannesburg.
Slindile was found guilty on all five charges: two counts of kidnapping and two of murder as well as that of the obstruction of the administration of justice for disposing of the body.
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