News24 reports that the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) has secured the conviction and sentencing of a cop killer for a murder in 2013.
Hawks spokesperson Zinzi Hani reported that Nkosinathi Mjodo, 25, was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment on charges of murder, possession of an unlicensed firearm and the possession of ammunition in the Blue Downs Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. Mjodo murdered off-duty police officer Sergeant Donal Monjwa on 24 June 2013. Monjwa was attached to the Crime Intelligence Gathering (CIG) Unit based in Cape Town and had gone to purchase airtime at a local shop. He left his partner in the vehicle and, upon exiting the shop, he saw four unknown men approach the vehicle and speak to his partner. Monjwa challenged the men and slapped one of them in the face. A second man belonging to the group tried to intervene and that’s when a third man shot Monjwa behind his right ear. After the group fled the scene, Monjwa was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead. “Mjodo was given an eight-year jail sentence for murder and this sentence will run concurrently with that of possession of an unlicensed firearm and possession of ammunition,” Hani indicated.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Robin-Lee Francke at News24
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