The court has rejected a guilty plea by a teenager implicated in the October 2020 murder of a Durban mom and her teenage daughter. File photo.The case of a Durban teenager who is implicated in the double murder of her neighbours will go to trial after the judge rejected her guilty plea.
Nomfundo Ngcobo, who is Slindile’s stepdaughter, and Sthembiso Lamula have since been sentenced to 20 years and six years respectively for their roles in the murders. Detailing the events, she said Mthembu had come to her home requesting she accompany her to the shop. Ngcobo and Andile Zamisa arrived while they were talking and questioned Mthembu on why she had come to their house since it was agreed that she and the accused teenager should not be together because they were troublesome.
Slindile Zamisa then told them to kill Simamame. They assaulted her with their hands, a pipe and boiling water before the teen and Nomfundo Ngcobo struck her on the head and face with a vase. She then confessed to having pressed Simamane's neck with a spade, before strangling her with a rope — together with Andile Zamisa — until she stopped moving.