Durban - The woman arrested in connection with the murder of a prominent Durban orthopaedic surgeon was set free in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, a few hours after the doctor’s funeral.
The State said there was insufficient evidence to charge the woman.
The Daily News learnt that the businesswoman had previously been in a long relationship with another businessman who is also a politician, and the couple were engaged at one point.
She had spent four nights in custody before being released yesterday, without appearing in court.
Her lawyer, Ravindra Maniklall, said the woman had acted in self-defence.
Dr Melvin Naidu, 51, was heard screaming before he staggered from a plush room at the Capital Pearls hotel in uMhlanga and collapsed on Thursday.
It is believed that Naidu had booked into the hotel with the woman.
She was the only other person in the hotel room with him at the time.
Her family and friends arrived in court early yesterday in anticipation of her first appearance after she was arrested at the murder scene on Thursday, but her name was not placed on the court roll.
They were seen speaking to Maniklall and sat in court from the morning until after lunch, when Magistrate Vanitha Armu told them the State had decided not to prosecute her.