Man’s alcohol plea fails as court imposes life sentence for girlfriend’s murder
A 27-year-old man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria found that there were no grounds to impose anything less than life imprisonment for the premeditated murder of his girlfriend.“Accordingly, the court found that no substantial and compelling circumstances existed to justify a lesser sentence and imposed the prescribed sentence of life imprisonment,” Mahanjana added.
Alcohol and family circumstances raised in mitigation During sentencing, Khumisi sought to persuade the court not to impose the mandatory life sentence, according to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA).
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