Durban - Murdered Mount Edgecombe businesswoman Nalin Naidu’s husband is expected to apply for bail on Friday in the Durban Magistrate’s Court.
Gonaseelan Naidu faces a charge of conspiracy to commit his wife’s murder.
He was due to appear in court on Thursday, following his admittance to an uMhlanga hospital with cardiac problems, but had undergone an operation on his leg and was only due to be discharged on Friday.
Naidu recently handed himself over to police and had briefly appeared in court last week before returning to the holding cells at the Durban North police station.
The former police officer had then complained of chest pains and was taken to hospital, resulting in him missing his court appearance last Friday, where bail was to be considered.
Magistrate Vanitha Armu had then adjourned the case until on Thursday for a bail application. Naidu’s attorney, Siven Samuel, said he had come out of ICU, but had to have an operation on his leg and would be discharged on Friday.
Nalin Naidu, 47, had forgiven her husband once before for trying to kill her. She had testified on his behalf, which led to him receiving correctional supervision and a four-year suspended sentence for her attempted murder in 2006.
She was shot four to five times in 2006, while dropping off her youngest son at school.
Two other men were arrested last month for Naidu’s murder.
Zwelakhe Maphumulo, 41, pleaded guilty to kidnapping Naidu on October 29, 2014, and for his role in her murder.
He was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment, while his accomplice, Gcina Magwaza, 37, was jailed for 22 years for the killing. Both men had implicated Naidu’s husband in their respective guilty pleas.
According to Maphumulo’s guilty plea, he was contacted by his friend, a policeman, and told there was a job they needed to do.
He said he met the friend and three others to discuss killing Naidu for her husband, and they were promised payment afterwards.
The provincial task team had recently arrested Kholekile Sithole, an alleged accomplice, but she was granted bail on condition she assist in the arrest of others said to be involved in the kidnapping and murder.