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On July 18, Scholtz had returned to collect his calling fee after Wayne had called him to do so, Swartz said.
Scholtz went into the kitchen, where Swartz grabbed him from behind and pushed him to the floor before Wayne hit him on the head with a cane.
According to Swartz, Wayne then tied his hands and feet with rope and wrapped his head in duct wrap before placing his body in a freezer.
Swartz said that Christine had wiped the blood from the kitchen floor while Chantell watched.
After the brutal attack, Swartz said, Wayne and Chantell had gone to McDonald’s with Scholtz’s vehicle and bought them food with the money Wayne had taken from Scholtz’s wallet.
Wayne and Chantell returned with the food. We ate and then we went to sleep, ”Swartz said.
He said that the next day Wayne and Chantell had gone to sell Scholtz’s tools and came back later with sosaties, chicken, cutlets, and boerewors, which they brayed and ate.
Later that night, Wayne allegedly told Swartz that they needed to get rid of the body. .
Wayne and Swartz placed the body in the back of Scholtz’s bakkie and drove it to a populated area of Fairview.
“Wayne unloaded the body himself,” Swartz said.
The next day, Christine left the house with Scholtz’s bakkie and returned later without him.
According to Swartz, he was later taken from the home by police, who left him in Central, as a result of an alleged argument he had with Christine.
He claimed that he had never received any payment for his part in the murder.
Scholtz’s body was found dumped on the side of the road two days later.
The Russouws were arrested on July 20, while Scholtz’s bakkie was recovered from a North End chop shop the next day.
Swartz was arrested on July 26.
According to Swartz, he knew Wayne five years before the murder.
After pleading guilty and being convicted of murder and aggravated robbery charges, Acting Judge Ivana Bands sentenced Swartz to 25 years for murder and 15 for robbery.
The sentences will run at the same time, putting Swartz behind bars for 25 years.
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