The officer investigating the case against Donovan Moodley - who was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of student Leigh Matthews - will investigate the possible involvement of others in the crime.
Superintendent Piet Byleveldt said although the case against 25-year-old Moodley was closed, there were certain aspects of it that could be probed.
"There are certain aspects that will be investigated... I must act on the judge's findings," he said at press conference after the sentencing.
Asked if he believed that anyone else was involved, Byleveldt said: "Anything is possible."
| 'I don't think he ever thought we would solve the case' |
Johannesburg High Court Judge Joop Labuschagne sentenced Moodley to life imprisonment for Matthews' murder - 25 years in effect.
He will also serve another 15 years for the kidnapping, to run concurrently with 10 for extorting a R50 000 ransom from her family.
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Moodley confessed last Monday to kidnapping Matthews on July 9 last year, extorting money from her parents, and killing her in cold blood. Labuschagne found him guilty on all three counts.
The state used police officers, scientists and a pathologist to show Moodley had also stored the body in a refrigerator for 12 days before staging the crime scene in Walkerville.
Witnesses testified Matthews' body was not decomposed when it was discovered, and contended that the position of cartridge cases did not match Moodley's recollection of the shooting and that over four litres of blood were missing.
| 'He is an ordinary person like myself' |
Asked if Moodley had committed previous crimes, Byleveldt said:
"I did go into his background... I couldn't find anything sinister.
"If I had come up with anything, he would have been charged."
When Moodley was arrested, he told Byleveldt he had killed Matthews for money.
Moodley was surprised the police had caught him.
"I don't think he ever thought we would solve the case."
When asked what type of person Moodley was, Byleveldt said: "He is an ordinary person like myself."
He said he was pleased with the judge's findings and sentencing and hoped it would stop such a crime as the Matthews one from ever happening again. - Sapa
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