THE state wants Mulalo Sivhidzho convicted on all charges, and her version that she did not take part in killing her husband rejected.
State prosecutor Maro Pappachristoforou yesterday completed her closing argument by asking Judge Narend Pandya for a full conviction on conspiracy to murder, robbery, kidnapping and damage to property.
In December 2006 Sivhidzho allegedly hired her co-accused, Ntambudzeni Matzhenene and Sello Arnold, to kill her husband Avhatakali Netshisaulu.
Netshisaulu's charred remains were found in the boot of his car an hour after he had left home to meet Matzhenene in Honeydew.
"She was indeed part of the conspiracy to murder the deceased. She thought about it thoroughly, planned it and discussed it with the killers, which is why she had two meetings with them before the killing," Pappachristoforou said.
"She wanted it to look like a hijacking, and that is why she told everyone that Netshisaulu had called her to say he was being sandwiched by two cars.
"She was creating a foundation, it was part of the plan."
She argued that Sivhidzho's behaviour at the crime scene showed she already knew where the killing would take place.
"She knew where they were going to kill him, that is why she was the one who noticed that there were tyre skid marks on the road.
"The road was dark and she claimed she did not know the area or where they were, yet she saw the skid marks."
The skid marks led to an open veld where Netshisaulu's car was burning.
Witnesses testified that when she arrived on the scene, Sivhidzho screamed: "My husband is in the boot (of the burning car."
In a statement he made to the police, Matzhenene said Sivhidzho offered him R4000 for her husband's life, saying she wanted him dead because "he had lots of money and assets and she wanted to own it all by herself".
Sivhidzho denied she killed her husband for money and said she never enquired about his estate after he died.
But during closing argument Pappachristoforou said the state had documents reflecting her signature and that she knew who the executor (of the estate) was.
Sivhidzho's lawyer, Anneline Roestoff, is expected to start her arguments today.
'Mulalo was part of murder conspiracy'
THE state wants Mulalo Sivhidzho convicted on all charges, and her version that she did not take part in killing her husband rejected.
State prosecutor Maro Pappachristoforou yesterday completed her closing argument by asking Judge Narend Pandya for a full conviction on conspiracy to murder, robbery, kidnapping and damage to property.
In December 2006 Sivhidzho allegedly hired her co-accused, Ntambudzeni Matzhenene and Sello Arnold, to kill her husband Avhatakali Netshisaulu.
Netshisaulu's charred remains were found in the boot of his car an hour after he had left home to meet Matzhenene in Honeydew.
"She was indeed part of the conspiracy to murder the deceased. She thought about it thoroughly, planned it and discussed it with the killers, which is why she had two meetings with them before the killing," Pappachristoforou said.
"She wanted it to look like a hijacking, and that is why she told everyone that Netshisaulu had called her to say he was being sandwiched by two cars.
"She was creating a foundation, it was part of the plan."
She argued that Sivhidzho's behaviour at the crime scene showed she already knew where the killing would take place.
"She knew where they were going to kill him, that is why she was the one who noticed that there were tyre skid marks on the road.
"The road was dark and she claimed she did not know the area or where they were, yet she saw the skid marks."
The skid marks led to an open veld where Netshisaulu's car was burning.
Witnesses testified that when she arrived on the scene, Sivhidzho screamed: "My husband is in the boot (of the burning car."
In a statement he made to the police, Matzhenene said Sivhidzho offered him R4000 for her husband's life, saying she wanted him dead because "he had lots of money and assets and she wanted to own it all by herself".
Sivhidzho denied she killed her husband for money and said she never enquired about his estate after he died.
But during closing argument Pappachristoforou said the state had documents reflecting her signature and that she knew who the executor (of the estate) was.
Sivhidzho's lawyer, Anneline Roestoff, is expected to start her arguments today.
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