A robber was recently sentenced to 15 years behind bars for robbery with aggravating circumstances.
The incident took place during January last year, when a businessman was robbed at his business premises in Acaciavale. Cash, cell-phones and cosmetics were stolen.
During the investigation, two people were arrested by the investigating officer, Constable Kubheka of the Ladysmith Detective Service.
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The case was recently finalised in the Ezakheni Regional Court, where one of the two accused was acquitted.
The other accused, 28-year-old Siyabonga Mteleku Duma, was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment for robbery with aggravating circumstances.
He was also found unfit to possess a firearm.
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