A former bank manager who was the mastermind behind a robbery at her workplace with the help of her ex-husband and three others has been found guilty, eight years after their arrest.
Carmen Kolbee was branch manager at Standard Bank in Kuils River and the team leader at Zevenwacht Mall at the time of her arrest in 2016.
Kolbee, from Blackheath, was arrested along with her ex-husband, Kensley Kolbee.
At the time of the robbery , they were divorced but were living together in Blackheath.
The State proved that Kolbee had been the mastermind behind the heist in November 2014 and had initially planned to steal R3 million from the banks Kuils River branch, but only managed to get away with R520,000.
