A
53-year-old woman appeared briefly in the White River Magistrate's Court yesterday for allegedly conspiring to kill her husband.
Maria
Ferreira, of Ponta do Oura, in Mozambique, was denied bail and would
remain in custody until her next appearance on March 27, Mpumalanga
Hawks spokesperson Dineo Sekgotodi said.
According to a police
source who asked not to be identified, she was arrested on Sunday after
the hitman was allegedly paid to kill her husband.
The hit was
planned to happen near Malalane, Mpumalanga, on Sunday, when the couple
were due to return to Mozambique after visiting a friend in White River.
The
alleged hitman and Ferreira met and she allegedly gave him R500 for
petrol and R20 000 for the murder. After the payment was made, she was
arrested.
Police have since uncovered new information that this
was Ferreira’s third marriage, and that both previous husbands were
murdered.
Her second husband was stabbed seven times in front of
his house in Bronkhorstspruit in 2012. He was changing a flat tyre at
the time. The case is still under investigation. Her other husband was
also murdered, the police source said.
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