The South African Police Service management in Limpopo has welcomed the hefty jail sentences meted out against a murder accused on 17 March 2020, in Mahwelereng the precinct.
The sentencing by Polokwane High Court follows an incident that occurred on 5 October 2018, when the accused Bongani Abraham Boshomane aged 47, petrol bombed a house at Sekgakgapeng village in the Mahwelereng policing area outside Mokopane.
The brutal attack left two children and their grandfather dead and the other family members seriously injured.
A special task team to trace the suspect was activated until he was cornered and arrested at Mogoto village outside Zebediela, after he was found hiding in one the local taverns.
The case was assigned to Warrant Officer Legodi for further investigations. The accused was convicted on three counts of murder and ultimately sentenced to three life imprisonment by Polokwane High Court.
The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Limpopo Lieutenant General Nneke Jim Ledwaba, welcomed these sentences and commended the investigators for working hard on the case until the suspect was sent to jail forever.
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