“He asked for more money. This time they refused. “They genuinely believed he tricked them and he had taken a lot of their money, and they were all angry and upset,” said Sishi. They demanded he refund them. When he couldn’t, the men took his valuables, subdued him and put him into their car. They drove to Cramond where they killed him. The judge considered it in their favour that they pleaded guilty, showed remorse and were “unsophisti­ cated”. The men, between the ages of 35 to 40, left school in different grades, and had not matriculated. They had all had worked at the same place in Cramond and earned R3 000 each before being arrested. The judge also took into account that the men were first­time offenders and had no previous or pending cases. However, Sishi also said they needed to be given a lengthy prison term for the “callous” murder. He took into account the interest of society when determining the sentence. In their pleas, the trio said some of the things they did because Nsubuga told them to do included sleep­ ing with their lotto tickets under their pillows at night and giving him trousers with four pockets for him to fill with stones.