FREE STATE. – Mpheng Anna Ntsoeu (30), a former employee of a day care centre, was sentenced to three life terms on Thursday for the murder of Christo Theron (36), his wife Janine (35) and Janine's mother, Betsie Kruger (66) in Wilgehof, Bloemfontein.
According to Capt. Loraine Earle, police spokesperson, Ntsoeu was found guilty on two September by the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein on three counts of murder, robbery with aggravating circumstances and money laundering. The victims were found dead on 29 June 2024 at approximately 08:50 at Kruger's residence in Van Heerden Street, Wilgehof. The case was handed to Capt. Jacques Wilson in February 2024 as an unsolved matter. After months of investigation, a breakthrough in August 2024 led to Ntsoeu and her boyfriend's arrest. Ntsoeu's co-accused, her boyfriend, was found not guilty on all counts. Ntsoeu received three life sentences for murder, 15 years for robbery with aggravating circumstances and 10 years for money laundering. The sentences will run concurrently.
Lt Gen Thabang Lesia, provincial police commissioner in the Free State, praised Capt. Wilson and the investigation team for their persistence and dedication. Adv. Lucky Bontes led the prosecution.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
