Update
GEORGE NEWS - Sentencing proceedings in the Hlompho Mohapi (Koloi) murder case will be finalised in the George Circuit High Court on Friday 19 November.
This comes after various victim impact reports pertaining to the deceased's family, the three potential victims from the Eastern Cape, as well as the minor children of the defendants and the deceased.
Sentencing proceedings started this morning, Monday 15 November.
All three of the accused were found guilty of the premeditated murder of the 25-year-old Mohapi on Thursday 2 September.
Reports on behalf of Monqo, Pamba and Quesheka were compiled and handed in to court by local social workers who also testified on Monday morning.
After the social worker testimonies and cross-examination by the state, it was Monqo's turn to take the stand again.
During this testimony the court heard that he still believes in his own innocence and said neither himself, nor Pamba or Quesheka, killed Mohapi.
He said he was hurt and embarrassed by the situation and has great sympathy with Mohapi's family and what had happened to them.
A very emotional and seemingly remorseful Pamba, also adressed the court pleading to Mohapi's family, her friends, the church, court and community for forgiveness.
"You might not find it in your heart to forgive me, but maybe one day you will," she said.
Quesheka did not address the court.
Mohapi had seven stab wounds to her chest and her throat was slit during what appears to be nothing more than a money-driven murder. Her butchered body was found by a passing fisherman next to the gravel road leading to Voëlklip on 5 July 2018, while her mother was attending a funeral in Lesotho.
Fraudulent life and funeral policies to the value of R3-million were taken out on Mohapi's life shortly before she was murdered. The trio allegedly also attempted to kill three other women using a similar modus operandi in the Eastern Cape between 2017 and 2018.
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She had been lured to a fake job interview, after which she was taken to Herold's Bay where she was viciously murdered and her body left to be found.
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