Seven sentenced to life for burning women accused of witchcraft in the Eastern Cape

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Seven sentenced to life for burning women accused of witchcraft in the Eastern Cape
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Eastern Cape court sentences seven people to life imprisonment for burning two women accused of witchcraft in 2018.

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This is what a senior state advocate at the Eastern Cape High Court in Mthatha, Mbulelo Nyendwa, submitted in court in relation to a case where seven young people burned two women they accused of witchcraft to death in 2018.

The NPA said that during the trial, all the accused pleaded not guilty and put into question their identities, as they claimed it was at night.

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