A domestic worker and two accomplices were found guilty of the murder of a Durban pensioner that took place two years ago.
Happiness Mkhize, a 35-year-old domestic worker, was found guilty of the murder of her employer in the Durban High Court on Friday.
Judge Mahendra Chetty ruled that, while she may not have participated in the killing, she acted with one purpose with the killers.
Mkhize’s accomplices Doctor Mabhida, 41, and Sibongiseni Gumbi, 31 were also found guilty of murder and aggravated robbery.
State advocate Khatija Essack presented evidence that Mkhize brought the two men to the home of Shallcross pensioner, Menrani Brijlal, under the pretense of buying a fridge. Once inside the residence, the assailants bound and gagged Brijlal. An investigation of the crime scene found the elderly woman had been struck on the head with a brick and strangled with an apron.
The state alleged the trio then conducted a search of the hou
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