Najwa Petersen is found guilty

Najwa Petersen and two of her co-accused have been found guilty of the December 2006 murder of her entertainer husband Taliep Petersen. The ruling was handed down by judge Siraj Desai in the Cape High Court shortly after noon today. Desai said Najwa had been an appalling witness and her testimony had been neither logical nor consistent. It festers with lies, he said. He found Najwa, Abdoer Emjedi and Waheed Hassen guilty of murder and robbery with aggravating circumstances. Hassen was found...