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Five years in the slammer for murder

Justice Zein Kebonang
Justice Zein Kebonang

A 52-year-old man convicted of murder will serve less than five years in jail for the brutal killing of his live-in girlfriend and mother of his five children in 2014.

He was 44 when he committed the murder.

Xhao Xite's lucky stars showed up last Thursday when the High Court's Justice Zein Kebonang presided over the case in Gantsi. Kebonang found him guilty of murder with exceptional extenuating circumstances and sentenced him to five years in prison.

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