Four men, including one convicted of the murder of Uitenhage school teacher Jayde Panayiotou, appeared briefly in the Port Elizabeth High Court on Tuesday on charges including murder.
Sinethemba Nenembe, 28, Thanduxolo Vumazonke, 23, Mkhuslei Ngqanda, 29, and Fikile Mengo, 20, did not enter pleas for the August 2015 murder of Denise Webber.
It is alleged the accused robbed and murdered Webber, 78, at her Kabega Park home on August 20 2015 after they gained entry to the property with the help of Webber’s casual labourer, Mengo.
The state alleges Nenembe, Ngqanda and Vumazonke arrived at Webber’s home where they met Mengo before they tied up Webber and her domestic worker, Nolukhanyo Mafuduka, with cables.
Webber was strangled. After they allegedly ransacked the home, the men loaded stolen items into their vehicle and fled.
Nenembe was convicted as a co-accused in Panayiotou’s murder, while Vumazonke is the cousin of the alleged hitman in the case, Sizwezakhe Vumazonke, 30, who died in prison while awaiting trial.
The matter was postponed to today after advocate Eric Skepe, for Ngqanda, said he had not had the opportunity to consult with his client.