Lenghty jail terms for Eastern Cape police killers

01 Feb 2016 | Admin Author

Eastern Cape Provincial Police Commissioner, Lt -Gen Celiwe Binta has welcomed stiff sentences handed to three men, found guilty of murdering a Dutywa Policeman.

The three, 26-year old Prince Mayongo, Alfred Moleleki Madela aged 36, and 31-year old Siyabulela Mjali were sentenced in the Mthatha High Court to a total of 285 years in jail on Thursday.

Police spokesperson, Capt Jackson Manatha says four men, armed with pistols, robbed a Dutywa garage of undisclosed amount of money in August 2010 very early in the morning.

He says the robbers fled in a car, but it later broke down, and in a shoot-out with the police, 27 year old Constable Vuyisanani Khetabahle was killed by the suspects.

One of the four suspects also died at the scene.