Man to spend 12 years in prison for house break-in and theft

A 34-year-old man was recently sentenced to an effective 12 years in prison after he stole a TV and other items from a house in Dawn Park.

August 1, 2020

Ntombikayise Sibeko 1 minute read

Det Const Siphephelo Mdunyelwa of Dawn Park Police Station has been lauded for the good work he did by bringing to book a housebreak-in and theft suspect who was recently sentenced to 12 years in jail at the Boksburg Magistrate?s Court.

Phillip Singawuge was handed lengthy jail term for house break-in and theft in the Boksburg Magistrates’s Court on June 25.

The 34-year-old man was arrested in August last year for housebreak-in and theft after the complainant told the police that when he woke up at his house on March 13, 2014, he found his door wide open and his belongings, including a TV, missing.

A case of housebreak-in and theft was opened and the case was assigned to Det Const Siphephelo Mdunyelwa.

Through the diligent and thorough investigation of Mdunyelwa, he traced the suspect to Lindelani SAPS where he had been arrested on another housebreak-in case.

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