Heavy sentence for a man who killed old woman for R36.00 in Phake, Mpumalanga
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A 35 years old man is finally paying for his sins after killing an 83 years old woman said to be his relative for R36.00.
A High Court in Mpumalanga sitting in Middleburg handed down a life imprisonment to Nick Mpolokeng Kolokoto for murder he committed 11 years ago, six years imprisonment for arson and five years for housebreaking and theft.
Police Spokesperson in the Province Brigadier Selvy Mohlala said it was on May 7th, 2012 around 01:00am when Kolokoto was walking from the local tavern when he planned to rob the old lady, Elizabeth Kolokoto who was staying alone on the same street with him at Phake Village.
It said that he recruited his friend to help him execute the plan but the friend later on took a turn with another friend leaving him alone to execute his plan.
Brigadier Bokaba said that Kolokoto gained entry to the yard by jumping fence and later on broke the window to force entry into the house.
“He found the granny already awake and demanded money from her. When the granny indicated that she had no money, the accused assaulted her, banged her against the wall until she fell down. He ransacked the house only to come out with R36.00.”
“It also transpired that he set the paper alight and threw it under the granny’s bed before he left. The house burnt into ashes with the granny inside. The accused then went home, changed his clothes and went inside a pit toilet where he burnt his clothes which had some bloodstained.”
“He then fell asleep. The following morning he realised that his running shoes had blood stains, he also threw them in the pit toilet to conceal the evidence.”
Bokaba added that members in the blue uniform were summoned and upon arrival at the crime scene, they only found the human skull which was identified by the deceased’s brother as the one of the granny.
He was only identified following thorough police investigations and he later on confessed to the police about committing the crime and told them about the bloodstained shoes he threw away.
He was found guilty and given the hefty prison term.
The Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela was elated by the professionalism displayed by the investigation team. The General further expressed her sincere gratitude to the Prosecution team and the Judiciary for putting the accused behind bars, where he belongs for the longest time.
