DURBAN - Durban ex-soldier Thembinkosi Ngcobo was on Friday been handed life imprisonment plus an additional 170 years for attempted murder, robbery, kidnapping and the illegal possession of firearms
and ammunition.
In 2017, he drove from Upington – where he was stationed – to Durban with the intention of killing his girlfriend and then taking his own life after suspecting her of cheating on him and giving him HIV. His lawyer has attempted to argue in court that three years ago, Ngcobo was a young person who committed a crime of passion.
The victim’s family said they were relieved that the man who turned their lives upside down had now been put behind bars.
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