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TimesLIVE reports that families and colleagues of police officers who died after a drunk driver rammed into a roadblock are not satisfied with the sentencing handed down at the Alexandra Magistrate's Court on Monday.
Albert Pretorius was sentenced to six years' imprisonment for two counts of culpable homicide, which was wholly suspended with conditions for five years. On the count of driving under the influence of alcohol, he was given an option to pay a R10,000 fine or serve one year in prison. Winnie Mokgolo and Sophie Ngoasheng were killed when Pretorius' bakkie lost control and rammed into the roadblock mounted by the JMPD near Montecasino, in the north of Johannesburg, on 29 January 2018. Magistrate Gideon Schneitler said although the accused was recorded to have been drunk, he was satisfied that he showed remorse. Pretorius spent three months behind bars after he was initially denied bail. JMPD spokesperson Wayne Minnaar said the police were not satisfied with the sentencing and that they have applied to lodge an appeal. JMPD officer Patricia Nukeri wept uncontrollably after the sentencing. She said she was handing a motorist a speeding fine ticket when Pretorius came out of nowhere and changed her life “forever”. She was treated for a broken collarbone, a broken right leg and a punctured lung after the accident. “I have been on medical leave for over a year. My life will never be the same. I can’t even cook, clean or do things I normally did for myself. I can’t bend my knees or stand for long. I’m not the same,” she indicated. She added that her career had been set back: “I now do administration work. This is not the plan I had for my life or work. This means I have slim chances of getting a promotion.”
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