Nomia Ndlovu, a police officer once enshrined with the responsibility to protect and serve, was sentenced to six life terms for killing her relatives and boyfriend in pursuit of riches.
Nomia Ndlovu sentencing: Killer cop maintains her innocence
On Friday, Ndlovu returned for the last time at the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court where she would hear of her fate. Before the judge handed down his sentence, the convicted serial killer took to the podium to record her statement.
Far from the jovial and completely nonchalant demeanour she displayed during the trial, Ndlovu pleaded for innocence, claiming that she had nothing to do with the murders of her niece, Zanele Motha, her sister Audrey and her son Brilliant Mashego, Witness Madlala Homu (the cousin), her boyfriend Yingwani Maurice Mabasa and a relative Mayeni Mashaba.
“The truth is known by God. But I want to ask them to forgive me,” she cried.
Ndlovu went on to state that she had enough time to make peace with the verdict and thanked the officers who were tasked with escorting her in and out of court for never treating her like an animal.
Judge describes Ndlovu as ‘cruel, hellish and bullish’
With no other witness to motivate for leniency on her behalf, Ndlovu exited the podium asking to serve her sentence at a prison in Johannesburg. However, the State reminded the court that her placement at Kgosi Mampuru Maximum Prison was necessitated by an intelligence operation that found Ndlovu had planned to murder the lead investigator in her case.
Emotional victim impact statements from Mashego’s grandmother, the mother of Madlala and the brother of her late boyfriend, Justice Mabasa, all contributed to the judge’s sentence.
Perhaps, the most damning statement came from SAPS criminologist Colonel Almerie Myburgh, who described Ndlovu as a cold-blooded and heartless serial killer who may suffer from personality disorder.
In her observation from her interview with the convicted killer, she assessed that Ndlovu held no remorse for her actions and if given a chance, she would commit the crimes in the exact same manner, all for financial gain.
In the end, Ndlovu was sentenced to six life terms with no possibility of parole. Here’s what the judge said about the serial family killer:
“Ndlovu is cruel, hellish and bullish. she is manipulative and always deceitful tricking her victims into believing she loved them. Once she seduces them she struck like a vulture. She is a cruel auntie.”