The woman accused of killing her niece after fraudulently obtaining R3 million in life cover for her, was dealt a heavy blow when the Molopo Magistrate's Court in Mahikeng denied her bail.
Agnes Segomotsi Setshwantsho brought a bail application in December last year, hoping that Magistrate Duane Spandiel would release her.
However, on Friday, Spandiel ruled that Setshwantsho and her lawyer, Nhlanhla Mahlangu, had failed to produce exceptional circumstances that justified her release.