Convicted serial killer, ex-cop in court for alleged murder plot
Kempton Express reports the case was postponed to October 1 after representation did not arrive for the hearing.
On June 5, the case against the two former police officers was also postponed for a Section 174 application.
Ndlovu, formerly stationed at the Tembisa Police Station, and Mudau, who served at the Norkem Park Police Station, are accused of conspiring to kill Mudau's ex-husband, Justice Mudau.
It is alleged Mudau promised to pay the hitmen using proceeds from a life insurance policy she had taken out in her ex-husband's name. However, instead of carrying out the killing, the hitmen tipped him off.
Ndlovu was sentenced in 2021 to six life terms in prison for the murders of five of her relatives and her partner.
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