The North West provincial police commissioner‚ Lieutenant General Baile Motswenyane‚ on Wednesday welcomed a term of life imprisonment handed down to Zacharia Nyalimathe‚ 34‚ who killed a farmer and wounded his wife in an attack last May.
The sentence was handed down by the North West High Court on Tuesday.
North West police said Nyalimathe was further sentenced to 68 years imprisonment for the other nine charges against him.
Nyalimathe was found guilty on charges of housebreaking with the intent to rob‚ robbery with aggravating circumstances‚ murder‚ attempted murder and another six charges under the Firearms Control Act on Friday.
He had been arrested with three other accused in the connection with the attack on Barend Christiaan "BC" Greyling and his wife‚ Marlett Ann Greyling‚ on Tuesday‚ May 16 2017‚ at Leeuwkuil farm in Sannieshof.
His accomplices‚ Tebogo Lawrence Mogolotsane (28)‚ Joseph Zakeya (32) and Neo Frans Khubone (27)‚ were found guilty earlier this year and sentenced to 76 years imprisonment after being found guilty on 10 different charges.
The provincial commissioner commended the police detectives for their work in the case‚ which ensured that the sentences were secured.
In a statement‚ she said it requires disciplined and focused police officers to bring about successes of these kind and to make sure that society’s expectations of the police service are met.
Life imprisonment for Sannieshof farm killing
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The North West provincial police commissioner‚ Lieutenant General Baile Motswenyane‚ on Wednesday welcomed a term of life imprisonment handed down to Zacharia Nyalimathe‚ 34‚ who killed a farmer and wounded his wife in an attack last May.
The sentence was handed down by the North West High Court on Tuesday.
North West police said Nyalimathe was further sentenced to 68 years imprisonment for the other nine charges against him.
Nyalimathe was found guilty on charges of housebreaking with the intent to rob‚ robbery with aggravating circumstances‚ murder‚ attempted murder and another six charges under the Firearms Control Act on Friday.
He had been arrested with three other accused in the connection with the attack on Barend Christiaan "BC" Greyling and his wife‚ Marlett Ann Greyling‚ on Tuesday‚ May 16 2017‚ at Leeuwkuil farm in Sannieshof.
His accomplices‚ Tebogo Lawrence Mogolotsane (28)‚ Joseph Zakeya (32) and Neo Frans Khubone (27)‚ were found guilty earlier this year and sentenced to 76 years imprisonment after being found guilty on 10 different charges.
The provincial commissioner commended the police detectives for their work in the case‚ which ensured that the sentences were secured.
In a statement‚ she said it requires disciplined and focused police officers to bring about successes of these kind and to make sure that society’s expectations of the police service are met.
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