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Legalbrief   |   your legal news hub Sunday 01 September 2024

Papo\'s killers given life sentences

Two men who murdered and robbed Tshwane Technical University professor William Papo and two of his guests during a sex orgy at Papo\'s home in January last year, have been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Pretoria High Court.

Acting Judge Peter Mabuse said there were no mitigating circumstances to justify a lesser sentence for the ‘cold blooded, unnecessary and brutal’ murders of Professor Papo and his guests Lebogang Victor Moloto (25), and Mmathapelo Jaqueline Mamaila (20). He sentenced Sydney Mashigo (25) and Patrick Lekalakala (29) to three life terms and 15 years imprisonment each. Papo was throttled, tied up and a plastic bag put over his head in what was described as ‘a robbery gone wrong’. His two guests were assaulted, repeatedly stabbed, tied up and suffocated with plastic bags. Full report on the News24 site