WOMAN STABBED 36
TIMES, ACCUSED SENTENCED
Nelspruit – On Thursday 28
March 2014, the Middelburg Circuit of the Pretoria High Court sentenced a
35-year-old man, Phillemon Ramatsikiso for brutally killing a woman on 09 May
2010, at Nazareth
in Middelburg.
The
trail of evidence through witnesses revealed that their friends dropped off
Ramatsikiso and the victim at his place of residence. The following morning,
the body of the victim found abandoned near a graveyard with 36 stab
wounds. After a thorough investigation by police, it emerged that
Ramatsikiso was responsible for the death of the victim and then apprehended on
27 May 2010. He also confessed that he was the one who committed the offence.
The
court did not hesitate to accept his plea of guilt to murder and sentenced him
to 12 years incarceration.
“We
welcome the sentence even though we wish he could have received more years;
however we have confidence in our courts. We believe that evidence presented
before the court compelled the judge to arrive to this conclusion. We therefore
accept the sentence and hope it will serve as a deterrent to other potential
criminals”, said the Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Thulani
Ntobela.
On
the same breath, the Provincial Commissioner congratulates the members for
working tirelessly and managing to secure a conviction. He said their hard work
did not go unnoticed.
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