Robber jailed for 15 years
Mike Eugene Nkosi was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment, for business robbery, when he appeared in the Benoni Magistrates Court, on June 29.
On December 9, four people arrived at the Buti Bottle Store, in Wattville, pretending to be customers.
Actonville SAPS spokesperson WO Ramothakhi Maqabe said one suspect approached the owner while he talking on his cellphone, pointed a firearm at him and ordered him to lie face down on the ground.
The victim was tied up on a chair, but managed to free himself.
He was robbed of his cellphone and R300 cash.
The bottle store owner shot at the fleeing men and hit two.
One man was injured in the shoulder and the other died on the scene.
The conviction came after WO Aaron Mokwe searched hospitals for the injured man.
He was later found in the Far East Rand Hospital.
Police are still searching for the other robber.
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