Mom and daughter guilty of electrician's murder, but the horror lingers for his family

For a loved one to be murdered is heartbreaking, but the horrific manner in which Petrus Scholtz’s life ended will haunt his family forever.

Beaten, bound and his head wrapped in cling film, Scholtz’s killers proceeded to stuff his body into a chest freezer before enjoying a braai together the following day...

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