Two Mozambican nationals have been handed 15- and 20-year sentences for a 2018 Riverlea house robbery in which they ransacked the house, tied the couple up and threatened them with firearms.
“One of them pointed them with a firearm while his accomplices demanded money and jewellery.
“They tied the victims hands, feet and mouth with sellotape before they ransacked the house. They took laptop, television, cellphones and R1 900,” he said.The conviction of the criminals, the police said, was due to the good work of detective sergeant Zandile Magugu, an investigating officer from the Johannesburg Trio Crimes Unit.
Magugu was also instrumental in getting a 40-year sentence last week for hijacker Tebogo Kgolokholo, who kidnapped and hijacked a 23-year-old woman in her VW Polo, also in Riverlea.Said Mbele: “We hope this sentence will scare away would be offenders from committing the same crime”.
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