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Woman bags 25 years imprisonment for hiring hitmen to kill her husband

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2 years ago

June 7, 2024

Kedibone Lonia Nyathi

Woman bags 25 years imprisonment for hiring hitmen to kill her husband

The High Court of South Africa; Limpopo Division in Polokwane, has sentenced a 47-year-old woman, Kedibone Lonia Nyathi, to 25 years imprisonment, after she pleaded guilty to killing her husband, Sandy Nyathi.

Nyathi was previously charged with three young men whom she had contracted to kill her husband.

National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Regional Spokesperson, Limpopo Division, Mashudu Malabi Dzhangi, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, said Nyathi, was charged with murder.

“The charge relates to an incident of 03 December 2022, in Enable village in the district of Mopani. The accused was previously charged alongside three young men who she had contracted to kill her husband,” the statement read.

The erstwhile co-accused persons: Remember Surprise Malepe (19), Ethen Raganya(18) and Poopo Ventry Mabela(18) entered into a plea and sentence agreement with the state and they were expected to testify against the accused.

The accused were sentenced as follows: Malepe to an effective 10 years, and Raganya and Mabela were sentenced to an effective 8 years each.

After their conviction and sentence, the trio became state witnesses and the case against Nyathi was separated.

In an about turn, the accused (Nyathi) who had earlier indicated that she intended to plead not guilty changed her tune and negotiated a plea and sentence agreement with the state.

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Her plea and sentence agreement revealed that she contracted the former co-accused to kill her husband for a fee of R15 000, she further asked her accomplices to stage a hi-jacking by barricading the road where she will pass together with the deceased.

The accused was driving her vehicle pretending that she was accompanying her husband to work, on the other hand informing her accomplices to prepare themselves for killing. Before she reached the workplace, she then stopped the car and asked the deceased to remove objects which were thrown into the road.

The deceased alighted from the vehicle, and that’s when the deceased was stabbed to death by the former accused persons and one of the former co-accused pretended to attack her(Nyathi).

In mitigation, the defence submitted that there are substantial and compelling circumstances present in this matter because the accused was a first offender, she had shown true remorse by pleading guilty, she has a minor child, and she is suffering from two chronic illnesses.

In aggravation of the sentence, the senior state Advocate Nkhetheni Munyai submitted that this offence was committed out of greed since the investigations revealed that she ( Nyathi ) had several insurance policy payments that she was entitled to in the event of the deceased death.

Advocate Munyai further said that the suitable sentence, in this case, should be 25 years imprisonment.

The acting judge Ngobeni found that the plea and sentence agreement was in the interests of justice and accordingly sentenced the accused to 25 years of direct imprisonment. The accused was also declared unfit to possess a firearm.

The NPA welcomed the sentence and the Director of Public Prosecutions, advocate Ivy Thenga commended both the State advocate Munyai and the investigation Officer, Detective Sergeant Sello Rony Maepa of Maake police station for building an insurmountable case against the accused which left her with no option but to plead guilty.

Woman bags 25 years imprisonment for hiring hitmen to kill her husband

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A Ghanaian man, Ebo Noah, who drew global attention after building a massive wooden ark and predicting a catastrophic flood from December 25, has explained why the foretold disaster did not occur.

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Five Dead as Helicopter Crashes During Medical Evacuation on Mount Kilimanjaro

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At least five people have died after a helicopter crashed on Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain, in northern Tanzania, authorities have confirmed.

The crash occurred on Wednesday evening along one of the mountain’s most popular climbing routes during what police described as a medical evacuation mission. The helicopter went down between Barafu Camp and Kibo Summit, at an altitude of more than 4,000 metres (13,100 feet).

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The Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) confirmed on Thursday that it has launched a full investigation into the incident, in line with international aviation safety standards, to determine the circumstances and probable cause of the crash.

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Libyan Army Chief of Staff, Senior Officers Killed in Plane Crash in Turkey

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Chief of General Staff of the Libyan Army, Mohammed al-Haddad

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Libya’s Prime Minister, Abdulhamid Dbeibah, has confirmed the death of the Chief of General Staff of the Libyan Army, Mohammed al-Haddad, and several senior military officials in a plane crash in Turkey on Tuesday.

In a statement posted on his Facebook page, Dbeibah expressed deep grief over the incident, describing the deaths as a tragic national loss. “It is with deep sadness and great sorrow that we learnt of the death of the Libyan army’s chief of general staff,” the prime minister said.

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