05/02/2009. *** Cape Town*** Rapport*** The court case of Taliep Petersen, Thursday 5 Februarie 2009. Najwa Petersen enters court 1. Loud applause broke out in Court 1, Cape High Court, when Judge Siraj Desai sentenced Najwa Petersen to 28 years in jail, for masterminding the contract killing of her husband,the music legend Taliep Petesen. The Petesen family shouted remarks from the gallery as the judge read out the sentence of the four accused. Her two co-accused Abdoer Raasiet Emjedi and Waheed Hassen, were both sentenced to 24 years for the murder, with Hassen getting an additional one-year prison term for the unlawful possession of a firearm. Jefferson Snyders,accused number four, was sentenced to 10 years for his robbery conviction, three years of which were suspended. Many curious family members and friends of the accused, were waiting outside the gates of the High Court, as the three men were escorted away. Najawa followed a couple of hours later when the crowds dispersed.*** Photo Lizane Louw