For Barry Steenkamp it is finally “over”, but for Oscar Pistorius, it is probably the beginning of many years behind bars. It is now official: The once beloved Paralympian gold medalist is guilty of murder for firing four shots into a toilet cubicle, killing his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp behind[…]
Oscar Pistorius will now have to provide a compelling reason why he should not be sentenced to a minimum of 15 years in jail for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, a legal expert said on Thursday. “He is still serving his sentence for culpable homicide, and the sentencing will be[…]
A second man has been arrested in connection with the attack at Rhodes Park in Kensington, Johannesburg, where two men were drowned and a woman was raped, Gauteng police said. Lieutenant-Colonel Lungelo Dlamini said the 22-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday in Yeoville. He is expected to appear in the[…]
A Benoni man was handed 17 years in prison on Monday for murdering his wife with a crossbow while making salah at their home a year and half ago. Thirty-nine year old Shameema Moghammad Shamoon was found in a pool of blood in the home she shared with her husband[…]
The government on Monday condemned the rape of a woman and the murders of two men in Rhodes Park in Kensington, Johannesburg. “This dreadful incident and similar criminal activities should be condemned by all peace loving South Africans,” spokesperson Phumla Williams said in a statement. She said everything possible was[…]
Identifying a body found dumped in a wheelie bin in a Milnerton canal will be a tough task because parts of the victim’s face had been skinned, the South African Paramedic Services said on Tuesday. Spokesperson Warren Cupido told News24 parts of the victim’s facial skin has been removed. “It[…]
Murders increased for the third year in a row in South Africa, according to crime statistics released by police on Tuesday. “These are figures I would expect from a country at war,” DA MP Dianne Kohler-Barnard said. She was commenting after national police commissioner General Riah Phiyega had presented the[…]
Limpopo businessman Rameez Patel, who is accused of the murder of his wife, is expected to appear in the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. Patel is out on R250 000 bail for the alleged murder of Fatima Patel, who was found dead in a pool of blood, with a gun[…]
The inquest into Anni Dewani’s murder in South Africa will resume on October 9 in London with a list of unanswered questions for her husband Shrien. Coroner Andrew Walker said in brief proceedings he did not think there would be any point to the inquest, because Anni’s death on November[…]
Authorities descended on the country’s murder capital on Tuesday for a “lock down operation” in the violence-plagued Nyanga precinct. Dubbed Operation Stopper, the action saw police officers, traffic officials, law enforcement officers and SAPS’ specialised units take to Browns Farm and Samora Machel. National police commissioner General Riah Phiyega said,[…]
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