The man who confessed to murdering Cape mom Anzunette du Plessis apologised for his actions and asked her family to forgive him.
|||Cape Town - The Mitchells Plain man who confessed to murdering Claremont mother Anzunette du Plessis apologised for his actions and asked her family to forgive him, the Western Cape High Court has heard.
This emerged during a video recording of the confession Moegamat Armien Salie made to Hawks investigator Captain Kenneth Speed just three days after the killing last year.
It was screened in court yesterday.
“At the time, I don’t know what went on in my head when I did what I did. I decided to be honest and to confess to what I have done, thinking of my two kids I would be leaving behind. I am here to confess to the murder… I’m truly sorry for what I did and ask God for forgiveness…” Salie said.
He broke down when he described how he killed Du Plessis on October 4 and when he said he wanted a stolen television set for his children.
Salie had gone to Du Plessis’ home in Claremont on the pretext of checking repair work he and his father had done on the roof a few weeks earlier.
In the confession, Salie said he went to the house in Buchanan Street and called for Du Plessis to open the door. She did.
After checking for leaks in the roof, he went to her room and stole a camera. Du Plessis caught him and a scuffle ensued.
“I fought back and I was very angry and grabbed a knife out of my pocket. As we were fighting I stabbed her. I grabbed hold of her from behind keeping the knife to her throat. I slit her throat,” an emotional Salie said.
“I started grabbing whatever I could get. I panicked and just wanted to get away. I have never done something like this ever before. I know I might not bring back what I have taken away and I am sorry for doing such a horrible thing.”
He fetched a wheelie bin from the garage and loaded a television set, laptops, cameras and other personal belongings he planned to sell.
The trial continues on Monday.
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Cape Argus