A South African man, Malose Masosa has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for the brutal m8rder of his wife.
Masosa, 38, k!lled his wife, Mokgaetjie Tshabi, 37, during the night of Saturday, May 11, 2024, following an altercation.
The sentence was handed down by the Mokopane Regional Court on January 17 in Limpopo.
South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Thakeng, in a statement on Monday, said the court heard that on that fateful night, the deceased got into an argument with her husband, Masosa, outside a tavern in Mapela Danisani.
The couple subsequently decided to go home, but the woman’s brother who had noticed what was happening followed after them.
“Along the way, the accused stabbed his wife several times on her body with a sharp object. His brother tried to intervene, but he was also chased away. Thereafter, he dragged her to the nearby household where the owner was asleep and left her d3ad,” said Thakeng.
Police and medical emergency services officials were sent to the site, and the victim was pronounced deceased.
However, the accused turned himself in to Mahwelereng SAPS the next day, and he was arrested and charged with m8rder.
The case was assigned to Detective Sergeant Lesiba Sekutu, who worked diligently to ensure that a comprehensive investigation was carried out.
The accused appeared many times at Mahwelereng Magistrate’s Court before the case was moved to Mokopane Regional Court with no bail granted.
Masosa was convicted of m8rder and sentenced to an effective 18 years in jail.