Forensic criminologist says it was her 'interaction with a would-be co-conspirator' that caused her to kill her chartered accountant husband
The wife of Avhatakali Netshisaulu, the murdered son of media veteran Mathatha Tsedu was described as “vulnerable” in the Johannesburg High Court, local media reported on Thursday.
Forensic criminologist Dr Eon Sonnekus described Mulalo Sivhidzo as a “ vulnerable young woman whose interaction with a would-be co-conspirator caused her to kill her chartered accountant husband...,” The Star newspaper reported.
Sonnekus submitted a probation report on Sivhidzo in court on Wednesday which would be used by the judge to determine an appropriate sentence.
Sonnekus was reported as saying while Sivhidzo was guilty of premeditated murder, she could not have envisaged that the murderers would execute the crime with such brutality. “...it does not seem as though Sivhidzo could physically control each and every physical act... and the severity of the action taken by the assassins,” Sonnekus said.
He admitted that Sivhidzo had not shown remorse during the trial, but said she expressed regret at her husband’s loss.
“But she could not properly mourn his death because she had to defend herself.”
In compiling the report, Sonnekus interviewed Mathatha Tsedu who said the death of his son was very traumatic to him and his family.
“My son was a young man with a hell of a future. He was killed in the most gruesome way. Nobody should ever have to go through what we as a family are going through.”
Tsedu said the fact that his son’s wife was involved made it even more painful.
“She has not a shred of remorse. Society as a whole needs to be protected against people like her,” Tsedu said.
Sivhidzo and her accomplices, Ntambudzeni Matzhenene and Arnold Johannes Sello, were found guilty of Netshisaulu’s December 2006 murder.
Sivhidzo conspired with Matzhenene, offering him R4,000 to arrange hitmen, who included Sello, to murder her husband so she could inherit his estate.
Netshisaulu was confronted by a group of men on the Nooitgedacht road in Honeydew, west of Johannesburg.
They drove him to a nearby bush where they assaulted him, tied him up and bundled him into the boot of his Volkswagen Citi Golf.
They poured petrol over his car and set it alight. His charred body was found after a plot owner alerted police to a car on fire near his home.
'Mulalo is a vulnerable woman'
Forensic criminologist says it was her 'interaction with a would-be co-conspirator' that caused her to kill her chartered accountant husband
The wife of Avhatakali Netshisaulu, the murdered son of media veteran Mathatha Tsedu was described as “vulnerable” in the Johannesburg High Court, local media reported on Thursday.
Forensic criminologist Dr Eon Sonnekus described Mulalo Sivhidzo as a “ vulnerable young woman whose interaction with a would-be co-conspirator caused her to kill her chartered accountant husband...,” The Star newspaper reported.
Sonnekus submitted a probation report on Sivhidzo in court on Wednesday which would be used by the judge to determine an appropriate sentence.
Sonnekus was reported as saying while Sivhidzo was guilty of premeditated murder, she could not have envisaged that the murderers would execute the crime with such brutality. “...it does not seem as though Sivhidzo could physically control each and every physical act... and the severity of the action taken by the assassins,” Sonnekus said.
He admitted that Sivhidzo had not shown remorse during the trial, but said she expressed regret at her husband’s loss.
“But she could not properly mourn his death because she had to defend herself.”
In compiling the report, Sonnekus interviewed Mathatha Tsedu who said the death of his son was very traumatic to him and his family.
“My son was a young man with a hell of a future. He was killed in the most gruesome way. Nobody should ever have to go through what we as a family are going through.”
Tsedu said the fact that his son’s wife was involved made it even more painful.
“She has not a shred of remorse. Society as a whole needs to be protected against people like her,” Tsedu said.
Sivhidzo and her accomplices, Ntambudzeni Matzhenene and Arnold Johannes Sello, were found guilty of Netshisaulu’s December 2006 murder.
Sivhidzo conspired with Matzhenene, offering him R4,000 to arrange hitmen, who included Sello, to murder her husband so she could inherit his estate.
Netshisaulu was confronted by a group of men on the Nooitgedacht road in Honeydew, west of Johannesburg.
They drove him to a nearby bush where they assaulted him, tied him up and bundled him into the boot of his Volkswagen Citi Golf.
They poured petrol over his car and set it alight. His charred body was found after a plot owner alerted police to a car on fire near his home.
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