Provincial Police Commissioner Lt Gen Liziwe Ntshinga has hailed the sentencing of yet another two gang members in Port Elizabeth.
25 year old Courtney Matroos and 24 year old Aldine Jacobs were sentenced in the Port Elizabeth Regional court on Wednesday to an effective 16 years imprisonment each for attempted murder, possession of firearms and possession of ammunition.
On the 20th of November 2016, the 36 year old victim was walking with the two accused when they shot him in the back and in the head.
He was found lying in the middle of the road in Neave Street, Schauderville and taken to Livingstone hospital for treatment.
The accused were known to the complainant and during the investigation, members of the Provincial Gang Investigation Unit recovered a firearm that was sent to ballistics for testing which resulted in it being positively linked to the incident in Neave Street.
Both accused were arrested a few weeks later and remained in custody until the finalisation of the case.
On Monday, two other Port Elizabeth gang members, 26 year old Jezwin Peackock and 18 year old Nealon Redhouse were sentenced to 30 years and 18 years imprisonment respectively for the execution style murders of two men at a well known drug post in Bethelsdorp in November 2015.
