Seven life terms in jail for Krugersdorp teen roped into murder by mom

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She was 14 when a group of six people in Krugersdorp on the West Rand, including her mother and brother, carried out 11 murders, first for revenge and then for money.

The first people the group murdered were Natacha Burger, 33, and Joy Boonzaier, 63. During her testimony in the trial, Marcel said they were murdered by Valentine, accompanied by his wife Mikeila, who could not stomach the murders. She was then killed after being deemed"a loose string".

She said she watched as her mother went in and started hitting Mikeila on the head with a hammer, then stabbing her. She said she initially froze, but later took a knife and stabbed Mikeila in her side. Marcel told the court Cecilia also wanted pastor Reginald Bendixen dead. She said she accompanied her mother and Valentine to kill Bendixen. They wore fake police uniforms and wigs.

Marcel told the court she could not leave the group because she was afraid they would find her and kill her.Marinda, according to the report, was physically abusive and would hit Marcel and Le Roux with an iron bat.

 

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