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A mother and daughter have been jailed for their part in the killing of a Gqeberha electrician.
The women assisted their family member and a friend in killing the man and selling his equipment.
The body was found dumped in a busy area after it had been kept in a chest freezer.
A mother and daughter have been jailed for their part in the brutal murder of a Gqeberha electrician nearly three years ago.
Petrus Hendrik Scholtz was beaten unconscious and stuffed into a freezer in July 2018.
On Wednesday, the Eastern Cape High Court in Gqeberha sentenced Christine Helena Russouw, 58, and Chantell Russouw, 38, to 15 and 20 years imprisonment respectively for the murder of their family electrician.
PE women who shoved electrician into freezer guilty of murder
A mother and her two children have been found guilty of the murder of a PE electrician who they killed so they could steal his tools.
A PE woman and her daughter have been jailed for the murder of their family electrician who was mercilessly beaten and then shoved into a chest freezer just to get their hands on the tools of his trade.
Christine Helena Russouw, 58, and her daughter Chantell Russouw, 38, were sentenced in the Port Elizabeth (PE) to 15 and 20 years imprisonment respectively for the premeditated murder.
Christine lived with her children, Chantell and Wayne Albert Russouw, 34, in Kabega Park in the PE area.
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A MOTHER and daughter were sentenced on Wednesday, 10 March to 15 and 20 years in prison, respectively, for the murder of the family electrician.
The Port Elizabeth High Court also handed Christine (58) and Chantell Russouw (38) an additional 15 years each for robbery with aggravating circumstances.
NPA spokeswoman Anelisa Ngcakani said Wayne Russouw, at the beginning of July 2018, started shopping around for someone to help murder their family electrician, Petrus Scholtz.
Scholtz apparently wanted his “tools of trade” back.
She said Wayne on the evening of 16 July fetched Ronald Swartz (27) and took him to his home.
“Wayne and Ronald had been acquaintances for six years, and when they were at the house Wayne explained his plan,” said Ngcakani.
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Family duo sentenced for murder By Devon Koen - 10 March 2021
Convicted murderers Christine and Chantell Russouw were sentenced to 15 and 20 years behind bars, respectively, in the Port Elizabeth high court on Wednesday. Judge Elna Revelas said she had taken into account that the mother and daughter were first-time offenders and, though not physically part of the murder of Petrus Scholtz, they had aided and abetted in the murder.
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