The widow of Acting Judge Patrick Maqubela, convicted of murdering him and forging his will, will not get a cent out of his estate if a court application for her to be disinherited succeeds. Thandi Maqubela, dubbed the "black widow", was sentenced yesterday in the Cape Town High Court to 18 years' imprisonment.The couple owned three homes: in Durban; in Sandton, northern Johannesburg; and in Qumbu, in the Eastern Cape.The acting judge had taken out a R20-million life insurance policy. Around R12-million is available for distribution after the payment of the estate's debts.He died intestate and his widow was due to get R6-million as the surviving spouse, and an additional R1.2-million.But the Assets Forfeiture Unit contends that, on the basis of the "common law principle that a bloody hand does not inherit, she has no right" to a share of the estate.The unit has applied to the courts to stop her inheriting .Maqubela was murdered on June 5, 2009. His body was found two days later in his bed in his flat in Sea Point, Cape Town.Duma Maqubela, his son by a previous marriage, refused to speak about the estate yesterday but said the family had "finally found closure"."The trial is over, the sentencing has gone through, but it is never going to bring him back."Duma said the case had strained relationships between his family and his half-sisters, Maqubela's daughters, Sikhethucwaka and Athenkosi.They seldom looked at each other during the lengthy court proceedings.Sikhethucwaka and Athenkosi left the court as Maqubela, who showed no emotion during sentencing, was handcuffed and taken down to the holding cells.The 60-year-old was convicted of murdering her husband and of forging his signature on a will that named her as the main beneficiary of her husband's estate.She was convicted in November 2013.Yesterday, Judge John Murphy said Maqubela committed the crimes out of greed."I also take into account that the accused is now 60 years old," Murphy said."Although [Maqubela] has demonstrated a propensity to deceive and for self-aggrandising, I don't believe that has turned her into a hardened criminal."Maqubela's lawyer, Stephen Lamprecht, said she had 14 days to decide if she wanted to appeal against her sentence...