Thandi Maqubela should be sentenced to 20 years in prison for the death of her acting judge husband Patrick in 2009, the Western Cape High Court heard on Thursday. “We are of the view that an act of this nature needs to be dealt with as harshly as possible,” said[…]
Sentencing of a Zimbabwean man who pleaded guilty to stabbing Mbuyiselo Manona and removing his heart was expected to take place on Wednesday in the Cape Town High Court. Andrew Chimboza, 35, stated in his plea explanation that he stabbed Manona, 62, to death at the home of a former[…]
The National Prosecuting Authority on Sunday denied a report that the appeal against Oscar Pistorius’s conviction and sentence will start next month. “It is not true,” spokesman Nathi Mncube said in an sms. He denied a Sunday Times report that State prosecutor Gerrie Nel would discuss the matter with National[…]
As social media went haywire with the news of Oscar Pistorius sentencing on Tuesday, there was a mixed reaction on the streets of Cape Town. The Paralympian was handed down a five year prison sentence for the culpable homicide conviction of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The athlete will serve three[…]
The head of the National Prosecuting Authority said on Tuesday he would discuss the five-year prison sentence handed down to Oscar Pistorius, and a possible appeal, with prosecutors. “We will consult with the prosecution team and then take the matter forward,” National Director of Public Prosecutions Mxolisi Nxasana told Parliament’s[…]
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius was sentenced in the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday to five years imprisonment for the culpable homicide killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Judge Thokozile Masipa said he was also sentenced to three years, suspended for five years, for firing a pistol under a table at[…]
Oscar Pistorius should get either 10 years in jail or house arrest and community service, the High Court in Pretoria heard on Friday. Presenting closing arguments for sentencing, Barry Roux, for the paralympic athlete, called for the principles of ubuntu and restorative justice to be applied to the case. “Serious[…]
Closing arguments for sentencing in the culpable homicide case against paralympian Oscar Pistorius are set to be delivered in the High Court in Pretoria on Friday. During this week’s sentencing procedures, the State called two witnesses — the victim Reeva Steenkamp’s cousin, Kim Martin, and the acting national commissioner of[…]
There were tears, swearing, sarcasm, and even a birthday during sentencing proceedings for paralympian Oscar Pistorius in the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday. Pistorius’s lawyer Barry Roux had to apologise for losing his equilibrium with prosecutor Gerrie Nel, self-confessed Brett Kebble killer Mikey Schultz allegedly swore at Pistorius’s sister[…]
Kim Martin, the cousin of Reeva Steenkamp, is expected to conclude her testimony during sentencing proceedings for Oscar Pistorius in the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday. Prosecutor Gerrie Nel is set to wrap up his questioning of Martin who is testifying in aggravation of sentence against Pistorius, convicted of[…]
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