The The Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) on Tuesday (August 25) welcomed the judgement and said the guilty verdict showed that effective and efficient investigations could result in convictions.
The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria found former Daveyton police officers Bongamusa Mdluli, Meshack Malele, Thamsanqa Ngema, Percy Mnisi, Sipho Ngobeni, Lungisa Gwababa, Bongani Kolisi and Linda Sololo guilty of the February 2013 murder.
The LHR said little had been done to bring those involved in January’s xenophobic attacks to book and said it hoped the Macia verdict would go a long way in curbing unrestrained violence.
Earlier on Tuesday, Judge Bert Bam convicted the eight former policemen, saying: “The accused must rise now. Accused from number one to eight, you are convicted of murder.”
“The accused, [are] from now on, in custody.”
The eight had been on bail during the trial.
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