Pietermaritzburg - Businessman Rajivee Soni, 33, who thought former close friend Dr Bhavish Sewran was having an affair with his wife, hired hitmen to kill the doctor, the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg heard on Monday.
Soni is expected to plead on Tuesday.
The State alleges that before the murder in May 2013 Soni laid false charges against Sewran.