Johannesburg - She opened her mouth to speak but words failed her. Instead, tears poured out of her eyes and streamed down her face.
Disappointed with yet another postponement in the murder trial of the three people accused of killing her niece, Emma Bosiu said: “This is emotionally draining. We always come here filled with hope that… we will get closure. All I need to know is why did they have to kill her.”
She was speaking to The Star moments after the case was postponed in the high court in Joburg on Tuesday.
Since last month, Bosiu and other relatives had been hoping that the murder trial of Candice Prevost, her fiancé Ashley de Villiers and former fiancé Wayne Williams would finally start.
The three are accused of luring Bosiu’s saleswoman niece, Nthabiseng Selesho, 23, to their Boksburg home under the pretext of buying jewellery, killing her and setting her body alight after stealing the jewellery, worth over R300 000, on September 4 last year.
Allegations are that the trio were in financial difficulties when Prevost, who was Nthabiseng’s client, told both men about her and the fact that she meets clients at their homes or their offices, carrying the jewellery she was selling.
De Villiers allegedly told Prevost to call Nthabiseng and set up an appointment to meet them at their home. Nthabiseng went to the house where the three were staying, but was killed and robbed of her jewellery. Her body was then set alight.
The trial was supposed to have started on Monday but was postponed to allow the lawyers to consult with their clients. It was postponed once again on Tuesday to allow Williams and Prevost to consult with lawyers.
At the time of her death, Nthabiseng left behind a four-month-old baby, her mother Kedibone and teenage brother.
However, tragedy struck the family again in April this year when Kedibone’s boyfriend shot and killed her as she sat in her car while returning from a gospel festival. He then went home and committed suicide. With both Nthabiseng and Kedibone dead, the children had to leave their home. Nthabiseng’s son went to live with his father, Ketso Monaheng, while her teenage brother went to live with his father and his wife.
Bosiu said the events had left the family shattered.
“The children have now been split among the families and no one lives at the house anymore. Kedibone was never fine after her daughter was killed.
“She was very passionate to see whether this case would end, and now that she is not here anymore, we have to carry on and attend the court case. Sometimes I think it is better if I don’t come, but when I think of Kedibone, I know that I have to be here.
“She was broken about what happened to her child.”
The Star