S African Indian man gets life for plotting wife's murder
DURBAN: A South African man of Indian-origin has been locked up for life after admitting to have masterminding the attempted murder of his mother in the staged car-jacking.
Rajive Sewnarain, 42, admitted to have paid an worker identified only as Boxer R30,000 to prepare the killing of his mother Shenaaz, 40.
'Boxer' had approached Sewnarain as well as offered him to "take his mother out of his life".
Sewnarain told the men, whom he had organised to ambush his car on Dec 10, to fire him in the shoulder to make the attack appear more realistic.
The case bears substantial similarities to what police say happened in the attempted murder of Indo-Swedish honeymooner Anni Dewani in an apparent carjack in Cape Town final month.
Ann's British husband Shrien Dewani has been declared by the single of her killers as the the single who organised her attempted murder in an apparent botched hijacking in Cape Town final month.
Police have been right away investigating allegations that Dewani paid two group as well as his taxi motorist 1,400 pounds to attempted murder his wife.
Announcing the verdict, Magistrate Sharon Marks pronounced that he had little magnetism for Sewnarain's mitigation of the tumultuous marriage in that he as well as his mother were constantly fighting.
"You could have sought advice from the counselor or even divorced your wife," Marks said, adding that his defence of guilty would not get him the marked down sentence.
"It might lead people to believe that they could take the law in to their own hands. Your actions verbalise of the flagrant disregard for the sanctification of human life," Marks said.
Two accomplices in the attempted murder have been still to appear in court.
Four weeks prior to she died in the sharpened situation on 10 December, Shenaaz had survived 5 bullet wounds an alleged robbery attempt, but this is right away also being probed as the probable hit try by police.
Rajive Sewnarain, 42, admitted to have paid an worker identified only as Boxer R30,000 to prepare the killing of his mother Shenaaz, 40.
'Boxer' had approached Sewnarain as well as offered him to "take his mother out of his life".
Sewnarain told the men, whom he had organised to ambush his car on Dec 10, to fire him in the shoulder to make the attack appear more realistic.
The case bears substantial similarities to what police say happened in the attempted murder of Indo-Swedish honeymooner Anni Dewani in an apparent carjack in Cape Town final month.
Ann's British husband Shrien Dewani has been declared by the single of her killers as the the single who organised her attempted murder in an apparent botched hijacking in Cape Town final month.
Police have been right away investigating allegations that Dewani paid two group as well as his taxi motorist 1,400 pounds to attempted murder his wife.
Announcing the verdict, Magistrate Sharon Marks pronounced that he had little magnetism for Sewnarain's mitigation of the tumultuous marriage in that he as well as his mother were constantly fighting.
"You could have sought advice from the counselor or even divorced your wife," Marks said, adding that his defence of guilty would not get him the marked down sentence.
"It might lead people to believe that they could take the law in to their own hands. Your actions verbalise of the flagrant disregard for the sanctification of human life," Marks said.
Two accomplices in the attempted murder have been still to appear in court.
Four weeks prior to she died in the sharpened situation on 10 December, Shenaaz had survived 5 bullet wounds an alleged robbery attempt, but this is right away also being probed as the probable hit try by police.
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