Crime
Murderer sentenced to life imprisonment
The court heard that on July 4 2015, Mshumayeli Moses Galela gained entry through a window of the victim’s house, attacked and killed her with a machete (panga) then fled the scene.
The 39-year-old accused was sentenced by the Circuit of the Pretoria High Court for killing 21-year-old Siphesihle Rachia Kamwendo in 2015, at Sakhile near Ermelo.
Galela committed the murder while on bail for having attacked the same victim (Kamwendo) in the not so distant past. He was traced and nabbed at his hideout in Morgenzon, hence the sentencing.
Apart from the life sentence, he was also granted a seven year sentence for house breaking and three months for assault.
