The NPA has welcomed lengthy prison sentences handed down to three men convicted of murdering an off-duty police officer and a state witness in the Western Cape.
The trio hijacked and killed off-duty Wynberg police officer, Sakhumzi Mbucela, in Gugulethu in August 2021, before later murdering state witness, Sibongiseni Yanta.
NPA Provincial spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila says 40-year-old Luzuko Yalezo was sentenced to an effective 28 years’ direct imprisonment by the High Court in Cape Town after he was convicted on charges including two counts of murder, robbery with aggravating circumstances, conspiracy to commit murder, kidnapping and illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.
Ntabazalila says his co-accused, Mzukisi Ntetha and Athenkosi Kolanisi, were also convicted on charges of murder and aggravating circumstances.
“Ntetha was sentenced to 25 years direct imprisonment for the murder and 15 years direct imprisonment for robbery with aggravating circumstances, with the sentences ordered to run concurrently. Kolanisi received 20 years direct imprisonment for the murder and 15 years direct imprisonment for robbery with aggravating circumstances, also running concurrently.”
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