MBOMBELA – The Mkobola Magistrate’s Court sentenced a 28-year-old man to life imprisonment for murder yesterday.
According to the police, during September 2017, Thabo Johannes Selepane murdered a 69-year-old Abel Meso, at his residence in Dithlaka Section, Mmamethlake. The court heard how on that fateful day, the accused intentionally broke into Meso’s house and when confronted, struck Meso on the head with an iron rod.
“The accused then went to the bedroom, took the car keys, dismantled the garage door and drove off in the victim’s vehicle, which was later found abandoned at a nearby bush. Meso, a retired school principal and pastor, managed to call for help but later succumbed to his injuries at a local hospital,” said the police.
Following investigations, Selepane was arrested on January 24, 2018. Also, to the sentence, Selepane was given five and 15-year sentences respectively, for housebreaking with intent to commit a robbery as well as robbery with aggravating circumstances, which will run concurrently with the life sentence.
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