By OBAKENG MAJE
A man was sentenced to 26 years by the Northern Cape High Court sitting in De Aar for killing his girlfriend. Franklin Meas stabbed his girlfriend to death multiple times in Richmond on 30 October 2023.
The Northern Cape police spokesperson,
Sergeant Timothy Sam said Meas concealing her body in a wild pig hole afterwards. Sam said the court found the accused guilty and sentenced him to 20 years imprisonment for murder and 6 years for defeating the ends of justice.
“Both sentences will run concurrently. He was also declared unfit to possess a firearm,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Northern Cape Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Koliswa Otola, commended the Investigating Officer Detective Sergeant Stephany Koen for being meticulous by presenting all necessary evidence in Court, ensuring that the perpetrator of Gender Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) was brought to book.
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