Update
GEORGE NEWS - The three accused in the Hlompho Mohapi (25) murder case, Melisizwe Monqo (31), Siphosihle Pamba (24) and Phumlani Qusheka (30), appeared in the George Circuit High Court on Friday 8 October for what was scheduled to be their pre-trial.
The case was however postponed in order for Legal Aid SA to appoint an advocate to represent Quesheka and for Monqo and Pamba to give their legal representative, Clayton Samson, further instructions. This comes after a long process to centralise all the cases against them in order for the case to continue.
The trio were arrested after the brutal murder of Mohapi in July 2018 after she was allegedly lured to her death under false pretences of a job interview at George Airport. Life and funeral policies worth R3-million were taken out on her name shortly before she was murdered.
Her body was found next to the gravel road leading to Voëlklip in Herold's Bay. The three are charged with premeditated murder, fraud and aggravated robbery.
They also face charges of attempted murder after they allegedly attempted to kill three other women using a similar modus operandi in the Eastern Cape.
An indictment regarding all the cases was served to the accused in the George Magistrate's Court on 25 September. All the cases have been centralised and will be tried in George next year.
Adv Evadne Kortje is for the state and the case serves in front of Judge Nathan Erasmus.
Hlompho Mohapi, from Thembalethu, was going for a job interview on the day of her death. Her body was discovered by fishermen passing by on the Voëlklip road later that day.
Read previous articles:
- Hlompho Mohapi murder: What we know
- Mohapi murder nearing trial
- Mohapi murder: Centralisation postponed
- Hlompho murder: Cases to be centralised
- Hlompho murder case continues in George
- Hlompho Mohapi laid to rest a year ago
- Murder case continues in July
- Murder suspect hides knife in rectum
- Mohapi murder case continues in July
- Mohapi murder case to High Court
- Cellphone found in murder suspect's cell
- Plot thickens as Mohapi murder case unfolds
- Hlompho murder trio still in jail
- Hlompho murder case continues next month
- Murder case postponed
- Hlompho murder: Suspects denied bail
- Hlompho murder case: Suspects denied bail
- Hlompho murder: Verdict on bail application
- Stains were Hlompho's blood
- Phones to be analysed in Hlompho murder
- Web of deceit behind murder, court hears
- Hlompho's murder: Insurance scams order of the day
- Shocking evidence heard in court
- Phone found in murder suspect's cell
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