MBOMBELA- A 15 years’ direct sentence was handed to Given Smiso Nkosi (38) by the Nelspruit Regional Court for the attempted murder of street vendor, Emelinah Mdlovu. This if following an attack that occurred on January 24 this year in White River, where Mdlovu was selling vetkoeks at her stall.…
A 71 year-old woman, Elina Magagule and her co-accused, Pleasure Ngobeni (35) were sentenced by the Nelspruit Regional Court for murder this week. The sentence follows the arrest of three people accused of assaulting a woman who had confronted the three accused for allegedly stealing her cattle in Acornhoek in…
MBOMBELA- A 44 year-old man was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Nelspruit Regional Court for raping his nine year-old daughter on several occasions. The rape incidents took place in 2020 in Pienaar, Daantjie. During that period, the accused and the victim’s mother were residing in different places. The victim’s…
A warrant of arrest was authorised and executed on Monday where he forfeited his bail to the state.
A 32-year-old man, Petros Mfanimpela Ngwenya of Thembisa Trust in Pienaar, was sentenced to two life terms and 40 years imprisonment for rape and robbery with aggravating circumstances by the Nelspruit Regional Court. According to the National Prosecuting Authority, Ngwenya was convicted on three counts of rape, one of which…
A suspect, Shane Ngutjane who hijacked a tourist’s vehicle was denied bail by the Nelspruit Regional Court on Tuesday. Ngutjane was arrested in July by the Mpumalanga Task Team after he hijacked a vehicle of a tourist in Culcutta after the police received a tip-off about his whereabouts. According to…