The Polokwane High Court sentenced eight men aged between 34 and 60 to a combined effective imprisonment of 33 years each without a fine for kidnapping, murder and attempted murder.
The convicts are Adam kgatuke aged 52, White Masemola aged 60, James Dolamo aged 38, Richard Masemola aged 43, Kholo Masemola aged 35, Andrew Masemola aged 34, Zakaria Nkadimeng aged 33 and Sylvester Matlebjane aged 40.
These heavy jail terms emanated from an incident where the accused went to the houses of the three victims whom were accused of committing burglaries around Ga-Marishane village.
They severely assaulted the victims and stoned them until Kgogo Phahlamohlaka and Kgomotjo Shaku succumbed to their injuries at the scene.
The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Limpopo Lieutenant General Nneke Ledwaba has welcomed the long term incarcerations of the accused.
“We hope that these sentences will serve as a deterrent to all the perpetrators of mob attacks and killings. Members of the community must know that one may not fight crime by committing crime. This tendency of taking the law into your own hands must stop abruptly but those who close their ears, will be dealt with harshly and without compromise”, concluded General Ledwaba.
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