Life in prison for killers of ANC's Gladwin Khaiyane
The High Court in Pretoria has sentenced two men to life in prison for the murder of well-known ANC member Gladwin Khaiyane.
Bongani Enock Masilela and Tau David Mokhali were sentenced on Thursday.
Khaiyane was shot and killed in December 2013 when the car he and his girlfriend were driving in broke down on the R59 near Meyerton.
After the robbery, Masilela dragged the girlfriend to the nearby bushes where he raped her.
National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Lumka Mahanjana says Masilela was further handed down 43 years imprisonment.
"Masilela was further sentenced to 43 years imprisonment for rape, possession of an unlawful firearm and possession of ammunition.”
Mahanjana says state advocate Jeffery Nethononda asked for life imprisonment.
"In aggravation of sentence, Advocate Jeffery Nethononda asked for life imprisonment. He told the court that the rate of murders in South Africa is escalating, therefore the court needed to send a strong message.
"In her judgment, Acting Judge Mokgale agreed with the state and added that the two committed a serious crime and crimes such as this one of murders during a robbery are high, the two accused showed no remorse and, therefore the sentence was appropriate."
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