Had convicted murderer Shireen Crozier, who stabbed her boyfriend 104 times, admitted to killing him in self-defence, she would be a free woman on Friday.
In the Wynberg regional court in July magistrate Robert Henney found Crozier, 43, guilty of the murder of Dion Coetzee, stating at the time that although Crozier had acted in self defence it was not necessary for her to have stabbed Coetzee more than twice.
Crozier stabbed her abusive boyfriend 104 times in April 2004.
During her testimony, she told the court that hours before the killing she had been tied up and had to watch Coetzee rape a young relative.
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'After acting irrationally, it was no longer a stabbing frenzy' On Wednesday Henney said: "If she told me 'I wanted to kill him because he attacked me and I wanted to get rid of him because of the abuse', I would have acquitted her."
Dressed in red, a teary Crozier arrived in court for sentencing on Wednesday leaning heavily on her new husband Abraham Adriaans.
But the sentencing was postponed to Monday as the court sought to call a witness from Lentegeur Hospital, where a clinical psychologist had suggested Crozier be referred for therapy.
Henney said he could think of three scenarios when he made his finding in the case.
The first scenario being that Crozier committed the murder because of her history of abuse and that she must have thought "enough is enough".
The second could be that it was a spur of the moment action, with Crozier defending herself and responding to an attack.
The third scenario was one in which Crozier kept stabbing Coetzee and only stopped "when he let go of her".
"You question yourself when you think of the third scenario.
"After acting irrationally, it was no longer a stabbing frenzy, discharging stress.
"The rationality was that she stopped when he released her.
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