LIMPOPO – Both were sentenced to life for conspiracy to commit murder and murder of Mokibelo Charles Lebepe on 22 March 2013, said Police Spokesperson, Lt Col Moatshe Ngoepe.
The deceased was from Lebowakgomo Zone A and a former medical nurse at the Thabamoopo Hospital. His body was found at the local sports ground in Lebowakgomo Zone R. He had multiple stab wounds throughout his body, explained Ngoepe.
Shortly after the murder the deceased’s wife Setibane Geneva Lebepe and her accomplice Laurence Tlou Malete, from Seshego Zone 1, were arrested.
Ngoepe added that initial police investigations revealed that Malete, who was in a relationship with the deceased’s wife, had agreed to kill her husband for an upfront payment of R100 000 and had then ‘executed the mission’.
The Provincial Commissioner LT. General Nneke Ledwaba has applauded the dedication, passion and professionalism of the Lebowakgomo Team of Detectives who were involved in the investigations.
“We hope that this sentence will serve as a deterrent to all the murderers out there to cease their dirty work.
We will deal mercilessly with this heinous behavior,” concluded General Ledwaba.
