The investigation revealed that the accused were Mengo’s friends, and once they learnt that she was working at the home, they conspired to rob the owners.
Her accomplices, Mkhuseli Ngqanda, 34, Sinethemba Nenembe, 33, and Thanduxolo Vumazonke, 29, were arrested three days later.Naidu said most of the stolen property was recovered in the homes of the accused in New Brighton and Kwazakele.Nenembe is also serving a life sentence for the murder of schoolteacher Jayde Panayiotou, who was murdered in April 2015.
Ngqanda was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and 15 years for aggravated robbery. The robbery sentence will run concurrently with the life sentence. Provincial police commissioner Lieutenant-General Liziwe Ntshinga welcomed the sentencing of the four accused and said justice had been served.