She had been beaten with a stick in the early hours of Tuesday morning‚ at about 1.25am.
The couple were at their home in Komkhulu location‚ Mente Village‚ Willowvale.
Colonel Priscilla Naidu described the circumstances leading up to the murder:
“The suspect had earlier demanded to be given chicken livers of the chicken that was cooked by the deceased. This was during the evening of Monday 7 March 2016. He was told that the chicken livers were not yet ready to be served.
He then went to bed and at about 01:25 on Tuesday 8 March 2016‚ the suspect took his stick and severely assaulted his wife on her upper body.
The 67 year old wife died instantly.”
