By KEDIBONE MOLAETSI
6 November 2024- A woman (23) was sentenced to 6 years by Kakamas Magistrate’s Court for attempted murder. On 25 November 2023, the accused, Jo Ann Coetzee was fighting with her mother at their house in Noordkamp, Keimoes, when her brother was called to intervene.
The Northern Cape police spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Sergio Kock said Coetzee threw a beer in her brother’s face, stabbed him in his back and chest. Kock said she was subsequently arrested and sentenced on 30 October 2024.
“She was sentenced to 6 years imprisonment, but suspended for 5 years. She was also declared unfit to possess a firearm,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Northern Cape Police Management lauded Detective Sergeant TZ Mohutsiwa of the Kakamas Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences unit for her thorough investigation that led to the conviction. The management said the police will continue to display a zero tolerance approach towards domestic violence and are committed to bringing perpetrators thereof to justice.
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