TimesLive reports that a drunk driver who killed a Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) officer in February 2020 has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Mlungisi Nkosi from Meadowlands in Soweto was convicted of culpable homicide, negligent driving and driving without a driver’s licence. He failed to stop at a roadblock and rammed into officer Jacob Moila. The father of one, who was conducting a stop-and-search operation with his colleagues, was killed instantly. Nkosi, who had been out on bail for almost three years, appeared in the Orlando Magistrate's Court on Thursday for sentencing. In handing down sentence, Magistrate Mohammed Jooma said Nkosi failed to show remorse from the day he was arrested and during the trial. A pre-sentencing report stated he had a problem with alcohol but apparently failed to take any initiative to address that issue. When Nkosi was stopped after the crime he even tried to start his vehicle and attempted to flee after committing a “horrendous act”. Nkosi was also handed six months in prison or a R2,000 fine for driving without a licence, which was suspended for five years.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Phathu Luvhengo at TimesLive

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