Life sentence for UJ Prof killer
AUCKLAND PARK – Jacques Terreblanche and Craig Thomas were found guilty for killing UJ Professor in his home in 2013.
The man accused of killing University of Johannesburg (UJ) law Professor Carl Mischke (47) was sentenced to life in prison by the Johannesburg High Court on 11 February.
Jacques Terreblanche was also sentenced to 15 years for robbery with aggravating circumstances. The sentences will run concurrently.
Mischke’s body was found by his domestic worker at his ransacked Norwood home in 2013, stabbed in the face and beaten. He was laying on his bed, face down, in a pool of blood.
Craig Thomas, a paramedic from Kempton Park, was also involved in the murder. He confessed he used his relationship with the victim to gain entry to his home. He accepted a plea deal.
The High Court sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrates’ Court in Thokoza, south of Johannesburg, convicted and jailed him for murder, with another 12 years for robbery in April last year. The sentences will run concurrently.
Terreblanche and Thomas who had initially claimed they were innocent were arrested in the same month of the murder.
The two were tik addicts.
UJ spokesperson was unavailable for comment at the time of publishing. However, following the brutal murder the university personnel were shocked to hear of his murder, “particularly as it appears that he may have been the victim of a hate crime.”
