Conwell Chauke was described as a danger to society and sentenced to life behind bars for stabbing an 11-year-old girl 66 times to get back at her mother.
Conwell Mongezi Chauke received the sentence for the murder of 11-year-old Kgothatso Tshabalala in December 2020.
Conwell Chauke was handed a life sentence for brutally stabbing a young girl to death 66 times to get back at her mother. Image: Doug Berry.Chauke was convicted for the murder of the 11-year-old after her mother rejected his advances, the court heard during his trial.The 34-year-old was in a prayer group with the child's mother, but grew angry with her because he believed she was taking him for a fool.
According to National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Lumka Mahanjana, Chauke then threatened the mother in a phone call before kidnapping 11-year-old Kgothatso. "He lured the child under the pretence that he wanted to collect his belongings from her home. When they got into her home, Chauke stabbed the child 66 times, covered her body with linen on top of her bed and fled the scene," Mahanjana explained.but was eventually convicted for it. His defence argued for a lesser sentence because it was his first offence for a violent crime.
During his sentencing, Magistrate Judge Jacobus Johannes Strijdom described him as a danger to society, arguing that he was and that it was the court's responsibility to ensure society's safety fromByron Pillay is a Current Affairs Editor at Briefly News. He received a Diploma in Journalism from the Caxton Cadet School. He spent 11 years covering a wide variety of news as a community journalist, including politics, crime and current affairs.
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