Bail for woman accused of plot to kill husband

Petina Coetzee and her husband Austin.

Petina Coetzee and her husband Austin.

Published Oct 24, 2016

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Cape Town - The Cape Town woman accused of trying to hiring hitmen to execute her husband has been released on R30 000 bail.

Petina Coetzee, 44, was granted bail in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

Her bail conditions includes reporting to the Elsies River police station everyday, and handing in her passport.

Coetzee is expected back in court on December 2.

The mother of three was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of plotting to have her husband killed.

The plan was allegedly foiled when police were tipped off.

Last week police spokesman Captain Frederick van Wyk said members of the provincial detective unit, as well as officers from the Manenberg serious and violent crimes investigation unit, started a joint probe after learning of the possible murder conspiracy.

A sting operation followed at 10.10am on Tuesday at the parking area of the Lansdowne train station.

“A woman handed over an undisclosed amount of cash - said to be about R200 000 - to would-be hitmen to have her husband assassinated,” Van Wyk said.

Coetzee was then arrested.

She made her first appearance in court last Thursday.

Residents who witnessed events at the station posted some photographs on social media.

An image posted on Facebook showed two men lying flat on the ground with their hands behind their backs.

Van Wyk declined to comment on what had happened to the alleged hitmen in the matter.

“The finer aspects of our investigation cannot be disclosed at this stage as it is regarded as sensitive, and part of a police investigation,” he said.

It is understood that the alleged hitmen could become State witnesses. Sources close to the case said dramatic revelations would surface at a later stage.

Weekend reports said Coetzee’s husband Austin, 66, was dumbfounded by his wife’s arrest and was trying to focus on their child, a son of 3, and her two other children, aged 16 and 20.

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