Update
GEORGE NEWS - The modus operandi of their plan to defraud life and funeral insurance companies, became apparent at the conclusion of the third day (Thursday 2 August) of the bail application of the three suspects accused of the brutal murder of Hlompho Mohapi (25).
Mohapi was murdered on 5 July.
The state is opposing bail in the case against pastor Melisizwe Monqo (30) from King Williams Town, his fiancée, Siphosile Pamba (23), and the pastor’s cousin Phumlani Qusheka (28), in the George Magistrate’s Court. The three have been in custody since they were arrested last month.
The investigating officer on the case, Detective Constable Thembekile Matwa, took to the witness stand last Thursday and described Monqo and Pamba’s alleged grand sham of deceit and deception. A pattern emerged as Matwa explained how the two accused had operated what they must have assumed was a well-orchestrated plan. Numerous life and funeral policies were taken out on different people’s names telephonically.
During Matwa’s testimony the court heard that the day before her death, Mohapi underwent a blood test needed for an alleged job interview at the George airport. The blood test was taken inside a vehicle in the parking area at Thembalethu Square shopping centre.
This interview however, seems to have been a hoax to lure her out of Thembalethu. The airport confirmed that there were no interviews for positions at the airport that day.
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