An Eastern Cape woman who hired her neighbour to kill her uncle so that she could benefit from an insurance policy has been sentenced to an effective 26 years behind bars.
Nompelo Maloyi, 37, and her neighbour and hitman Yithulwazi Lwazi Kay, 35, were sentenced in the High Court of South Eastern Cape Division.
Kay also received a 26 year jail term.
The National Prosecuting Authority NPA said the duo were convicted for the murder of 66-year-old Mynhardt Maloyi.
Maloyi was killed at his Umasizakhe township home in Graaff-Reinet on November 25, 2022.
