Two housebreakers, Bongani Mnisi (30) and Mandla Chilembo (36), were each sentenced to 31 years imprisonment at Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on November 28.
The two were sentenced to eight years for house break-in with the intention to rob, 20 years for robbery with aggravating circumstances and three years for attempted murder.
“The incident occurred in January where Mnisi and Chilembo entered the victims’ home on North Rand Road while they were sleeping and robbed them of their money, phones and other items,” said Capt Jethro Mtshali, spokesperson for Kempton Park SAPS.
Mtshali said the suspects pointed a firearm at the victims and assaulted them.
“The victims were assaulted with broken beer bottles and one of them was taken to hospital with severe injuries. Police received a tip-off about the incident and began patrolling, which was when they found the suspects on North Rand Road,” explained Mtshali.
“The suspects were found in possession of the stolen items and were positively linked to the incident as one of the victims identified one of the suspects.”
The case was investigated by D/Sgt Jason Bramdaw.
Kempton Park SAPS station commander Brig Samuel Maredi and the station’s head of detectives, Col Lesetja Manewa, were both pleased about the sentence and commended Bramdaw for hi sterling work.
