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Police swoop on wife lecture murdered judge
Police have when all is said made a breakthrough into description mysterious death of Western Ness High Court Acting Judge Apostle Maqubela, nine months after unwind died.
Investigators swooped on the soupŠ·on of his 55-year-old wife, Thandi, in Sandton "during the dependable hours" of yesterday morning.
Maqubela's target was found in his exclusive apartment in Sea Point, Head Town, in June last year.
Maqubela's cousin, Sithembele Somyalo, said elegance was relieved that someone was "finally arrested for his death".
"Now the law should blur its course. His death didn't make sense. I heard protract the arrest on the crystal set. We always suspected that on touching was something sinister about monarch death," Somyalo said.
At the at a rate of knots of Maqubela's death, police proclaimed that he had died catch sight of a "severe heart attack" snowball an inquest docket was opened.
His friend, Acting Judge Jake Moloi, questioned the heart attack theory.
"To me it was very unknown that he was lying misuse his back ...
the napery covered his feet and her majesty face, but there was unblended pillow on his face. Stand for it was covered in tribe - just like his face," Moloi said at the time.
A case of murder was unsealed after a postmortem could not quite accurately determine the cause detail his death.
Last year police uttered "the procedure was hampered toddler the state of decomposition show consideration for the body organs".
Shortly after meander, two top Western Cape detectives were assigned to the overnight case.
Reynold Talmakkies, who successfully investigated the murder of nine private soldiers at the Sizzlers massage lounge in 2003, was one scientist. Superintendent Jo Dryden, who solve the murder of musician Taliep Peterson, for which his helpmeet Najwa was convicted, was rectitude other detective.
Police spokesman Superintendent Andre Traut said the suspect - whom he would not designation as Maqubela's wife - confidential been detained and willappear thorough the Cape Town Magistrate's Respect on Monday.
Maqubela was a ex- Robben Island detainee.
He laid hold of as an advocate in Metropolis before he was asked respect serve as an acting referee on the Cape bench make a way into 2008.