A former US Marine will be sentenced in an Eastern Cape court next Tuesday after he was convicted on a charge of murder and three counts of fraud.
The National Prosecuting Authority said that Karl Kamal Rashid (59) was convicted in the Mthatha High Court sitting in Sterkspruit on Wednesday for the crimes which were committed in 2011.
NPA regional spokesperson, Luxolo Tyali, said that Rashid had been convicted of killing a man, placing his body in his personal car and then setting it alight as part of an elaborate insurance scam.
He said prior to the incident Rashid had taken out insurance policies, insuring amongst other things, his life, assets and or funeral covers in the event of his death.
Tyali said Rashid disappeared and his wife collected more than R500 000 in various insurance payouts.
He was eventually arrested in Bloemfontein.
"Mr. Rashid was initially charged alongside his wife but the state abandoned her prosecution when it transpired during the trial that there was no sufficient evidence to prove that she was aware that her husband had faked his death," he said.
Tyali said the identity of his victim is still not known.
