The daughter of a policeman was arrested after she confessed to hiring hitmen to kill her whole family in Mmakau, east of Brits, five years ago.
North West police spokesperson, Lieutenant-Colonel Amanda Funani said that the daughter went to Mmakau police station and admitted to killing her family members.
She is expected to appear in the Brits Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
“The 20-year-old daughter who allegedly hired hitmen to kill her parents and siblings on December 6, 2016 in Mmakau Village is expected to appear in the Brits Magistrate’s Court on December 20, 2021 on five counts of murder. The accused is expected to appear together with two alleged hitmen she hired to wipe out her family. The pair was arrested in Brits and Soshanguve respectively, over the weekend,” Lieutenant-Colonel Funani said.
She said that the daughter and her two accomplices, both aged 23, were facing five counts of murder and armed robbery.
“North West Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant-General Sello Kwena welcomed the arrests, saying it would send a clear message that crime does not pay,” Funani said.
At the time of the incident on 6 December 2016, the daughter (then 16) reportedly went outside to dispose of water she had been using to wash the dishes. While outside, she heard gunshots in the house and went to investigate. The gunmen allegedly shot her in the thigh and fled the scene in the family car.
The daughter alerted the neighbours, who called the police. The police discovered the bodies of her father who was a police constable at Hebron police station, her mother, her pregnant sister and her brother all lying in a pool of blood.
The car was found abandoned in the bushes at Black Rock Section, Mmkau.
The High Court in Pretoria initially acquitted the two men who were arrested in connection with the family murders, due to the lack of evidence at the time.
Sources: IOL, MSN
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