Policeman’s Daughter Planned To Have Her Family Murdered, Admits to Hiring Hitmen

• A 20-year-old woman in Brits, North West has admitted to hiring hitmen to murder her family five years ago
• The woman, whose father worked for the South African Police Service, appeared in the Brits Magistrate's Court today along with the alleged hitmen
• South Africans have expressed their disbelief at the ability of a 15-year-old to mastermind a family murder

BRITS - A 20-year-old woman, who is the daughter of a policeman has admitted to hiring hitmen five years ago to murder her family.

The woman appeared in the Brits Magistrate's Court today (20 December) along with the two men she allegedly hired to murder her family. This follows the woman's voluntary self-identification at a Brits police station.

According to TimesLIVE, the family members were murdered in December 2016 when the woman was 15 years old. Her alibi at the time was that she had left the house to dispose of dirty washing-up water.

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Woman confesses 5 years after family murder

When the police investigated the murders in 2016, the woman told them that she heard gunshots at her family's home and entered to investigate. The accused shot her in the thigh before using the family's Chrysler Voyager as a getaway car, The Citizen reports.

After the alleged murderers drove away, the woman told her neighbours what had happened and they contacted the South African Police Service (SAPS). Upon arriving at the scene, SAPS found four deceased people.

They were the woman's 40-year-old mother, 42-year old father, a six-year-old boy, and a pregnant woman of 18 years old. Both of the alleged hitmen were 18 at the time of the murders.

South Africa reacts to woman confessing to family murder

@FezaniKhumalo said:

"What a shame that after this family was killed in 2016, investigators did not find the killers. It is such a shame that people can die and killers are not found until someone comes forward to confess."

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@MolefePolo remarked:

"Another Rosemary Ndlovu haikona."

@Umkomanisi asked:

"So she was 15 when she masterminded the murders?"

@semarr22 shared:

"My friend did bail for the guy who was accused of this offence."

@CherishRael said:

"I wish I didn't see this."

Woman allegedly kills lover after a dispute over his bonus in Cookhouse

Previously Briefly News reported that a 51-year-old woman is in police custody in Cookhouse in the Eastern Cape after she was arrested for alleged murder following an argument with her boyfriend over his December work bonus.

A dispute broke out between the pair when the woman confronted her lover, who, at the time of the reported incident, was walking along the road in the small village situated about 170 kilometres north of Gqeberha.

Confirming the incident that happened on Wednesday, police spokesperson Sergeant Majola Nkohli said the woman was vexed to the point where she allegedly stabbed the deceased, who's been identified as 38-year-old Akhona Sondlo after his family was notified of his passing.

Source: Briefly News