On 13 April 2021, the Scottsburg Regional Court convicted and sentenced Mlungisi Leon Chamane to 17 years imprisonment for killing his fiancée Lungi Mbhele.
On 6 April 2019, Umkomaas police received a report of a body lying on Watsonia Drive in Roseneath and proceeded to the scene. On arrival they found the body of a woman with multiple stab wounds. A case of murder was opened at uMkomaas police station for investigation.
Police investigations revealed that the woman who was identified as Lungi Mbhele (30) was a resident of Mtwalume and lived in Umkomaas because of her job. On the day of the attack, she was on her way to work when she was confronted by her fiancé Mlungisi Chamane (33), who stabbed her 27 times on the body. Chamane left the Umkomaas area and went into hiding.
The police received information that the suspect had left Umkomaas and fled to his home in uMthwalume. He was arrested at his homestead and was charged with murder.
He made several court appearances until he was found guilty and sentenced to 17 years behind bars.
