GEORGE NEWS - The pre-trial date for the three murder accused in the Hlompho Mohapi murder, has been set for 8 November in the George Circuit High Court.

This comes after a long battle to centralise all the cases against the three murder accused, Melisizwe Monqo (31), his fiancée Siphosihle Pamba (24) and co-accused Phumlani Qusheka (30).

The trio were arrested after the brutal murder of Mohapi (25) in July 2018 after she was allegedly lured to her death under false pretences of a job interview at George Airport. Life and funeral policies worth R3-million were taken out on her name shortly before she was murdered.

They are charged with premeditated murder, fraud and aggravated robbery.

They also face charges of attempted murder after they allegedly attempted to kill three other women using a similar modus operandi in the Eastern Cape. 

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