FAMILY MURDER SAGA!
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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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Eastern Cape mother and daughter found guilty of murder By Devon Koen - 01 March 2021
Mother and daughter duo Christine and Chantell Russouw have been found guilty of murder and robbery with aggravating circumstances in the Port Elizabeth High Court.
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Closing arguments to be heard in chest freezer murder case By Devon Koen - 23 February 2021
Closing arguments in the trial of mother-and-daughter murder accused Christine and Chantell Russouw are due to start on Wednesday, after the defence called its final witness on Tuesday.
Warrant Officer Frederick de Kock had told the Port Elizabeth High Court on Tuesday that contrary to claims by the two women, he was not told about any murder that took place at their Kabega Park home when he responded to a complaint of a suspicious person at the property.
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Police attending to a domestic dispute at a house in Kabega Park had no idea that the bound and beaten body of Petrus Scholtz lay wrapped in cling wrap in a chest freezer just metres away. The 70-year-old, semi-retired electrician had been brutally murdered the day before. The self-confessed mastermind behind the murder, Wayne Russouw, 33, is behind bars for life after pleading guilty.