WOMAN FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING AND DISMEMBERING PENSIONER
Cape Town - A young woman who admitted to decapitating a pensioner who was helping her was found guilty in the Western Cape High Court on Monday.
Sheree Prince, 22, from Citrusdal, looked nervous in the dock as Judge Bruce Langa handed down his judgment.
Prince is accused of breaking into the home of Sandra Malcolm, 74, in Capri Mews, Lakeside, in April 2015 and beheading her.
She was also found guilty of two charges of housebreaking and one of theft.
On 14 April 2015, she broke into a house in Portlands, Mitchells Plain, where she stole items to the value of R18 000.
Earlier, prosecutor Advocate Liezl Herbst argued the murder was premeditated.
But Prince's defence, Advocate Leandra Adams, disagreed and said it “happened on the spur of the moment”.
Langa said the “horrifying” way in which Prince killed Sandra would count heavily against her.
“I accept the report by the forensic pathologist that the deceased was stabbed 24 times. This does not alter the accused as guilt, but will be relevant for purpose of sentencing,” Langa said.
“The accused totally dismembered the deceased. She removed her head and all the main limbs: legs, arms and knees completely.
“An attempt to cut both her thighs in half was unsuccessful. An attempt to cut the upper torso in half was also unsuccessful. There is no justification to kill the deceased unless she planned it. It was planned and she wanted to dispose of the body,” Langa said.
In her plea statement, Prince said after breaking into Sandra’s house, the pensioner gave her food and treated her injured foot. She said she stabbed Sandra because she was afraid the pensioner would call the cops.
The matter has been postponed until April 19.
women can sometimes be heartless, this young lady broke into someones house and killed her. this means that women are also capable of doing bad things. now that we are fighting against women abuse how is it possible that we continue when the are women who are abusers themselves. this lady must rot in jail.
crime rate has increased rapidly such that people have got the nerve to stab others and also cut them into pieces how is that even possibly?
Cape Town - A young woman who admitted to decapitating a pensioner who was helping her was found guilty in the Western Cape High Court on Monday.
Sheree Prince, 22, from Citrusdal, looked nervous in the dock as Judge Bruce Langa handed down his judgment.
Prince is accused of breaking into the home of Sandra Malcolm, 74, in Capri Mews, Lakeside, in April 2015 and beheading her.
She was also found guilty of two charges of housebreaking and one of theft.
On 14 April 2015, she broke into a house in Portlands, Mitchells Plain, where she stole items to the value of R18 000.
Earlier, prosecutor Advocate Liezl Herbst argued the murder was premeditated.
Langa said the “horrifying” way in which Prince killed Sandra would count heavily against her.
“I accept the report by the forensic pathologist that the deceased was stabbed 24 times. This does not alter the accused as guilt, but will be relevant for purpose of sentencing,” Langa said.
“The accused totally dismembered the deceased. She removed her head and all the main limbs: legs, arms and knees completely.
“An attempt to cut both her thighs in half was unsuccessful. An attempt to cut the upper torso in half was also unsuccessful. There is no justification to kill the deceased unless she planned it. It was planned and she wanted to dispose of the body,” Langa said.
In her plea statement, Prince said after breaking into Sandra’s house, the pensioner gave her food and treated her injured foot. She said she stabbed Sandra because she was afraid the pensioner would call the cops.
The matter has been postponed until April 19.
women can sometimes be heartless, this young lady broke into someones house and killed her. this means that women are also capable of doing bad things. now that we are fighting against women abuse how is it possible that we continue when the are women who are abusers themselves. this lady must rot in jail.
crime rate has increased rapidly such that people have got the nerve to stab others and also cut them into pieces how is that even possibly?
How can someone do such a thing ,people can be so cruel sometimes😓
ReplyDeleteThis so terrible. I pray that he will not be granted bail.
ReplyDeleteOuch😰😢
ReplyDeleteThis is so awful... she deserves to rot in jail
This is horrible....
ReplyDeleteThis heartless animal ought to rot in jail