Durban – The trial against the wife of a Newlands East man, her lesbian lover, and another woman had not yet begun as only two of the women had counsel.
Charmaine Margaret Khumalo, Teagan Allison Brown, and Analidia Dias Bella Dosantos are alleged to have hatched and executed a plan to kill Dosantos’s husband, Mark Buttle, four years ago.
At their last court appearance, in the Durban High Court, the matter was adjourned so they could get Legal Aid representation after their private counsels withdrew.
An insurance policy is alleged to be the motive behind the murder. In addition, Dosantos, 41, was alleged to have been having an affair with Brown, 25.
On the evening of February 25, 2018, Buttle was stabbed multiple times in his neck, allegedly by Dosantos, Brown and Khumalo, 45, while in his parked vehicle in an open area in Ferndale. He had allegedly been lured to the scene by Dosantos on the pretext that she wanted to work through their marital issues.
The three appeared in court on Thursday where the matter was adjourned to January 24 for counsel for one of the women and for a pre-trial conference.
According to the State, Buttle had acquired life insurance policies in which Dosantos was named as the beneficiary. She had allegedly been aware of at least one of them.
The two lovers are alleged to have plotted to kill Buttle so that Dosantos could cash in his life insurance policy.
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