Durban - The Pietermaritzburg High Court has sentenced two brothers to lengthy jail terms for killing an elderly couple they had accused of witchcraft, Kwazulu-Natal police said in a statement on Thursday.
Sifiso Freedom Mncwango, 29, was on Wednesday handed a sentence of two life terms, while Sanele Thembinkosi Mncwango, 24, faces twenty four years behind bars.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Jay Naicker said the siblings killed an elderly couple in the Zwelisha area in 2012.
“On 19 December 2012, Bhekuyise Mthabela, 84, and Ntombini Mazibuko, 66, were brutally killed whilst asleep at their home in Zwelisha. They were stabbed and assaulted”, he said.
Naicker said the brothers were arrested after an intense investigation.
The KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Mmamonnye Ngobeni praised the investigating officer in the case.
“His thorough investigation led to the accused receiving life sentences for the murder,” she said.
African News Agency
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