Husband opens up about wife who allegedly tried to kill him
Her husband had no idea what she had been planning.
MBOMBELA – The man whose wife allegedly tried to hire a hit man to kill him, says he thinks she is insane. The owner of Primo Cabanas Lodge in Ponto do Ouro, Mr Carlos Ferreira’s (55) wife Ms Maria Ferreira (53) appeared in the White River Magistrate’s Court on charges of conspiracy to commit murder on Monday.
She was married twice before. Her first husband died of cancer.
Her second husband, Mr Alan Hepburn, was murdered on February 5, 2012. He was stabbed seven times outside his home on a smallholding near Bronkhorstpruit by an unknown suspect, while changing a tyre on his vehicle. Police this week confirmed they were investigating Maria’s possible involvement.
She wrote on his Facebook profile that she was not at home on the day of his murder. Shortly before his death, Maria was charged with a case of cruelty to animals, but she was found not guilty.
Carlos and Maria have been married for three years. He told Lowvelder that he had no idea what she had been planning. “I think she is insane and needs medical help,” he added. Carlos was angry that she had attempted to kill him. “It would take more than that to get rid of me.”They met when she was part of a group of divers he took out on a dive. “He claimed that he tried to give her everything and a good life, but she was always unhappy.
“She was addicted to her schedule-five medication and drank a lot and that caused her to act like a drama queen. She could have lived a wonderful life in Mozambique.” Carlos admitted that she had caused a lot of drama with his friends and family. “The business and place are now better that she is not here. I am also mending ties with my family,” he said.
Carlos knew that the police were investigating Maria in connection with her previous husband’s murder, but at the time he believed she was innocent. “I think at one stage they even tapped my phone.”
On Maria’s Facebook profile, under the name Marietjie Ferreira, she openly showed she was an unhappy person, especially in her marriage. Her posts show her commenting that she wanted a divorce.
In another post she claimed Carlos was cheating on her. In another she called Hepburn her soulmate in heaven.
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“She would change her mind often. One minute she loved me, the next she wanted to leave me,” Carlos said. Maria’s arrest on Sunday came as a shock. The couple was visiting friends in White River. One of the friends, who spoke to the newspaper on condition of anonymity, said both were relaxed.
His wife accompanied Maria to the filling station, when suddenly the police appeared and arrested her.
According to Hawks spokesman, Capt Dineo Sekgotodi, this was immediately after she paid an undercover police agent who was to assist her in killing her husband.
The case was postponed until Monday for her bail application.
