I'll never marry again – Legwale

Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | 1300 Views |

Pleading for a lenient sentence, murder convict Ernest Legwale bawled his eyes out this morning saying that he would never marry again following a verdict on the murder of his estranged ex-wife's sister, Thato Moswele.

Legwale is convicted alongside Hamadi Mkhuha, the man he allegedly hired to kill the intended victim and now ex-wife Dimpho Meswele. The hit put on Moswele led to a case of mistaken identity and the eventual murder of her sister, Thato.

Legwale had submitted "matrimonial problems" as one of the extenuating circumstances in his plea for leniency.

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