Ex-cop, Lerato Mokoena was remanded in custody pending a formal bail application scheduled for Thursday.
Mokoena, who was a police sergeant at the time, is accused of allegedly conspiring with her friend Mduduzi Ndlovu to kill her husband, Vusi Dlamini who was also a Sergeant stationed at the Stock Theft Unit at Hectorsprit near Komatipoort.
It is alleged that they staged what was meant to look like a hit and run accident. The incident occurred on July 13, 2017. Their plan was derailed when Ndlovu, who was using Mokoena’s car, ran Dlamini over with the car, lost control thereafter and got stuck on the side of the road.
Ndlovu is said to have fled the scene on foot but was later arrested and made few appearances at the Nkomazi Magistrate’s Court in which he was denied bail and is still behind bars. He is expected to appear before the same court on March 5, 2018.
Further investigations revealed that Mokoena allegedly ochestrated the plan to have her husband murdered, hence her arrest. She briefly appeared before the same court and was remanded in custody for formal bail application. She was dismissed last year in November.
