Police minister Bheki Cele has joined the throng of people celebrating Ntuthuko Shoba's conviction on Friday for ordering the murder of his pregnant girlfriend, Tshegofatso Pule.
Pule was eight months pregnant when she was found dead in June 2020 with a single gunshot wound hanging from a tree in Durban Deep, Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg.“The next step is for the courts to hand this heartless man an appropriate sentence that we hope can bring some comfort and justice to the Pule family,” said Cele.
Malephane said Shoba had agreed to pay him R70,000 from an R8m trust fund he claimed his fiancée had recently received.Cele praised the police for the speedy arrests. Malephane was convicted last year, while Shoba — who had continued to plead his innocence and repeatedly tried to secure bail — was finally tried this year.
“It is vigorous dedicated detective work that has led us to this guilty verdict. Police investigations have ensured that all bases were covered and a watertight case was presented before the courts,” said Cele. “Eventually, evidence was put out for the world to see that Tshegofatso was murdered by a hired gun ... Ntuthuko Shoba plotted to not only kill his girlfriend but also his unborn child.”
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