Durban - A man was jailed for 18 years by the Bergville Magistrate's Court on Thursday for shooting dead a policeman while fleeing the scene of a robbery, KwaZulu-Natal police said.
Mxolisi Mngadi, 24, was also sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment, with his accomplice Thamsanqa Maduna, 23, for robbing a cellphone shop in the Ladysmith CBD in 2009, said Captain Thulani Zwane
Mngadi shot dead the 54-year-old policeman when he tried to stop them. - Sapa