The sterling investigation conducted by Chatsworth detective team has resulted in the successful conviction of a carjacking accused. Sphelele Ndlovu (26), appeared before the Durban Regional Court and was found guilty of three counts of carjacking and was sentenced to 45 years imprisonment.
During 2014, the accused had committed three car jackings in the Chatsworth Policing Precinct.
On 12 November 2014, during the early hours of the morning, the accused committed a carjacking on Road 747, Montford, Chatsworth, where he deprived the driver of his VW Polo vehicle. Later police recovered the carjacked vehicle together with a Norinco pistol.
Through the assistance of crime scene experts, fingerprints were obtained and positively linked to the accused who was not yet arrested.
On 31 March 2015, D/Cst Bhengu together with investigators proceeded to the accused home in Claremont where they arrested Sphelele Ndlovu. The accused was positively identified during an identification parade.
The KwaZulu-Natal Acting Provincial Commissioner, Major General Bheki Langa commended the investigator D/Cst Bhengu and his team on the successful conviction and the sentence meted out by the Department of Justice.
“The victims and witnesses in these cases played a pivotal part in judicial proceeding and we commended the victims for giving enough evidence that led to the conviction of the accused. Together with the community can ensure that criminals are removed from the society and placed in correctional facilities,” he said.
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