Man sentenced to 18 years in prison for girlfriend’s murder
On the day, the accused is reported to have gained access to his girlfriend's house ,killed her, locked the house and fled thereafter.
The Kabokweni Regional Court sentenced a 40- year- old man to 18 years in prison for murder on Friday.
In May 2018, Sipho Mbokodo murdered his girlfriend, Phetheni Chauke at her residence in KaNyamazane. On the day, Mbokodo is reported to have gained access to Chauke’s house ,killed her, locked the house and fled thereafter.
Her neighbours became worried after not seeing her for a few days, they then broke the window to gain entry to the house and discovered her decomposing body inside. He was arrested on September 20.
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The Provincial Commissioner of police in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Mondli Zuma has welcomed the sentence and applauds the collective work done by the investigating team, the National Prosecution Authority the Judiciary as well as witnesses and Forensics which led to this conviction.
