Man sentenced to life imprisonment for girlfriend’s murder
The woman was found in a pool of blood with serious head injuries.
LIMPOPO – Provincial Police Commissioner, Lt Genl Nneke Ledwaba has welcomed the life sentence handed down by the Thohoyandou High Court to a 38-year-old man who was convicted for the murder of his girlfriend.
The accused, Takalani Godfrey Radzilani, stabbed his 32-year-old girlfriend Portia Raselabe to death during a domestic dispute in Rabali Zone1 in the Mphephu Policing precinct outside Thohoyandou on 27 April 2016.
In a statement, Police Spokesperson, Col Moatshe Ngoepe said the neighbours heard the woman screaming for help and alerted the police. On arrival at the scene, the police found a woman lying in a pool of blood. She had sustained serious head injuries and emergency services personnel certified her dead on the scene.
A case of murder was opened and the suspect was arrested after thorough investigation by the investigating officer, Captain Mulaudzi Muthuphe.
