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Sebati family murder case back in court without original investigating officer
Onthatile Sebati reportedly confessed to ordering a hit on her parents, her pregnant sister, and young brother five years ago.
Onthatile Sebati and her two co-accused, Tumelo and Kagiso Mokone, were each granted R10,000 bail in the Brits Magistrates Court where they face four charges of murder for the shooting of Sebati’s parents, her pregnant sister and six-year-old brother in 2016.
Onthatile Sebati and her co-accused, Tumelo and Kagiso Mokone, were granted R10,000 bail in the Brits Magistrates court this afternoon under strict conditions.
During the bail hearing, Officer Isaac Tlhapi told the Brits Magistrates Court that the two men that the accused named as the alleged triggermen gave statements that corroborated her confession.
Constable Lucky Sebati, his wife Mmatshepo, their pregnant daughter Tshegofatso and young son Quinton were shot dead in their Mmakau home near Brits in 2016.
Onthatile Sebati is accused of hiring Tumelo and Kagiso Mokone to kill her parents, her brother and her pregnant sister in Mmakau, near Brits, in 2016.
Twenty-year-old Onthatile Sebati has been in police custody since last month and faces five counts of murder for allegedly ordering a hit on her parents, her young brother, and pregnant sister in Mmakau in 2016.