Pastor and wife found guilty of murder
A 33-year-old pastor Melisiswe Monqo, his 26-year-old wife, Siphoshile Pamba and 31-year-old cousin, Phumlani Quesheka were on Thursday found guilty of murder.
The couple was found guilty of murdering 25-year-old Hlompho Mohapi. The deceased’s body was found by a fisherman on the 5th of July in 2018 on a gravel road near Herold’s Bay outside George. She had seven stab wounds to her chest and her throat was slit during what appeared to have been nothing more than a money-driven murder. The couple were also found guilty of a number of other charges, including kidnapping, robbery with aggravating circumstances, and defeating or obstructing justice.
Fraudulent life and funeral policies to the value of R3-million were taken out on Mohapi’s life shortly before she was murdered. Court will hand down sentence on November, 15
