Former EC traffic cop sentenced to life for killing HIV-positive girlfriend
The Mthatha High Court sitting in Port St. John's in the Eastern Cape has sentenced a former traffic officer to life imprisonment for murdering his girlfriend after discovering she was HIV positive.
Fanele Nxuseka (38) was sentenced on Wednesday.
National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Luxolo Tyali says Nxuseka is married and had an affair with the deceased.
Further evidence presented in court suggested that the woman did not disclose that she was on antiretroviral treatment.
Tyali said after he made the discovery, he believed that she might have infected him and his wife.
It was found that Nxuseka, went to his girlfriend's house in the Ngobozana area, in Lusikisiki, and demanded she leaves with him on 24 May 2020.
"The girlfriend left her cell phone with her sister and told her that she might not be coming back alive," he said.
Tyali said when she did not return home, her family conducted a search and found her lifeless body with multiple gunshot wounds, in the neighbouring Mmangweni village.
He said Nxuseka was arrested the following day.
He received an additional 12 years for kidnapping.
Ballistic tests conducted on the cartridges found on the scene positively linked them to his service pistol.
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