The families of convicted police officer Rosemary Ndlovu’s victims say her actions have caused irreparable hurt.
Ndlovu was found guilty of murdering her six relatives to cash in on their insurance payouts last month.
The High Court sitting at the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court is currently hearing testimony in mitigation and aggravation of sentence.
The state is asking for life imprisonment.
Family members of Ndlovu’s victims, who took the stand in her sentencing proceedings, feel Ndlovu has showed no remorse for the actions.
The former police officer also took the stand asking forgiveness from her family for the killings.
Remorse
After her judgment in October, many people in Mpumalanga felt Ndlovu of Bushbuckridge did not show any remorse during her murder trial and the court should impose a harsh sentence on her for the six murders she committed.
“While she was in court you could by the look of her eyes that she is evil, no remorse at all. There is nothing that is more important than a family,… my brother is very important so if you don’t care about your family so what about the society, no mercy, harsh sentence,” says a resident.
“We can look at Rosemary Ndlovu as an individual who committed crime but when you look at where she comes from, you find she comes from a rural area. When she left Bushbuckridge to Johannesburg she went to find money, unfortunately, she went to casinos and had friends who would not advise here accordingly. If she had those who could have advised correctly, she was going to think about her mom,” adds another resident.
VIDEO: Last month, the estate calls for life sentence:
