POLOKWANE – Hlakodiso Pleasure Kekana (24), Thakgatso Kopano Mphafudi (25) and Paballo Clement Mangwale (26), were each sentenced to life imprisonment plus an extra 15 years imprisonment for the murder of a 39-year-old man and the attempted murder of another 26-year-old Bangladesh national in March this year.
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According to earlier reports Sahel Rana was attacked and hacked to death, when three men armed with pangas, scissors and empty bottles stormed into Matsepeng shop at Mamaolo village near Lebowakgomo on 24 March 2017. The second victim sustained serious injuries but survived the attack.
The suspects fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash , cigarettes, soaps, roll-ons, zambuck and match boxes.
In a concerted effort by the police to fight serious and violent crimes including murders through Limpopo, the SAPS Detectives Operational Wing continue to acquire lengthy jail terms from various courts through their dedicated and professional investigative skills.
The Provincial Commissioner LT. General Nneke Ledwaba has commended the Lebowakgomo Detectives on the job-well done especially on the fact that they successfully cracked this case within four days.
“All criminals out there, must know that if they continue to try their luck in terrorising the business communities, we are going to deal with them and remove them indefinitely from our society unless they repent,” concluded General Ledwaba.
