Nyanga cop killers sentenced
Two men have been jailed for life for gunning down two police officers who were protecting a hijacked car.
|||Cape Town - Justice has been served for two police officers mercilessly gunned down while protecting a hijacked car.
On Wednesday in the Western Cape High, the two men found guilty of the murder of Constable Monwabisi Shadrake Khaka, 33, and Sergeant Sibongile Ngcawuzele, 37, have been sentenced to life in prison.
Cop killers Anele Linwani, 23, and Melikhaya Molefe, 25, got an additional five years for theft, unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.
Their two co-accused, Thando Mdokwana, 24, and Anele Thala, 29, were sentenced to five years each for their part in the crime, which includes theft of the officers firearms, unlawful possession of firearm and ammunition.
In July last year Monwabisi, 33, and Sibongile, 37 were shot dead in Nyanga while guarding a vehicle that was hi-jacked earlier that day.
When police arrived at the scene they found their colleagues’ lifeless bodies slumped on the seats of their official vehicle.
During sentencing, Judge Boet Smit said: “The brutal murder of the two deceased was planned and executed in a cold manner and cowardly fashion.
“It is a very disturbing fact that an incident like this can occur in the very community that the murdered police officers endeavoured to protect.”
Daily Voice
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