Judge Patrick Maqubela was found dead in his Sea Point flat in 2009. Shortly afterward, his wife Thandi was arrested. Allegations of infidelities, police corruption, blackmail, and call girls emerged in the trial. Patrick had had a string of extramarital affairs, and, bent on revenge, Thandi had devised a plan to kill him and alter his will so that she would inherit his estate.

Judge Patrick Maqubela was found dead in his Sea Point flat in 2009. Shortly afterward, his wife Thandi was arrested. Allegations of infidelities, police corruption, blackmail, and call girls emerged in the trial. Patrick had had a string of extramarital affairs, and, bent on revenge, Thandi had devised a plan to kill him and alter his will so that she would inherit his estate.