Insurance killer and former police officer Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu has been found guilty on all six counts of murder on Friday.
The court found Ndlovu orchestrated the killing of her boyfriend Maurice Mabasa, and five of her relatives to claim insurance payouts.
Judge Ramarumo Monama says the state has proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt.
After years of proclaiming her innocence, Judge Ramarumo Monama found that Rosemary Ndlovu was indeed responsible for the murders of her sister Audrey; Audrey’s son Brilliant Mashego; her live-in lover Yingwani Maurice Mabasa; cousin Witness Madaka Homu; niece Zanele Motha, and another relative Mayeni Mashaba.
She was also found guilty of defeating the ends of justice by tampering with the scene of the crime where Audrey died.
Monama also convicted Ndlovu on four counts of defrauding Clientelle Limited, 1 Life Insurance, Old Mutual and Assupol.
He also found her guilty of conspiracy to commit murder for trying to kill her sister Nomasonto, as well as seven counts of incitement to commit murder, and the attempted murder of her mother Maria Mushwana.
He said:The accused (Ndlovu) has been participating in the business of funeral burial since 2006 and 2012. As a young policewoman from Bushbuckridge, she secured several policies.
It was revealed in court that Ndlovu was paid more than R1.4 million in insurance payouts for her dead relatives.
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Her sister Audrey was strangled to death and Ndlovu received a R700 000 insurance payout.
Years later when Audrey’s son – Mashego – found out that Ndlovu had received money from insurance companies following her mother’s death, he confronted her, and was brutally killed.
Her lover, Mabasa, was also killed and Ndlovu received R416 357. Both Homu and Motha died from horrific injuries after they were brutally attacked, and Ndlovu received R131 000 and R119 840 respectively in insurance payouts.
During the trial, the prosecutor produced evidence showing that Ndlovu had revealed that she had constantly communicated with the hitmen – Lakhiwe Mkhize and Njabulo Kunene.