Ex Durban cop begins 33-year sentence for double murder

Ex Durban cop begins 33-year sentence for double murder

A former police constable's begun serving a 33-year prison sentence for murder and attempted murder. 

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Lindani Ngobese appeared before the Mtubatuba Magistrate's Court on Wednesday. 


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The 34-year-old officer opened fire on four men - killing two of them - at a wedding in Hluhluwe two years ago. 


He was off-duty at the time. 


The NPA's Natasha Kara said: "At the time of committing the offence the accused was a member of the South African Police Service's National Intervention Unit in Durban. The accused committed the offence using his service firearm." 

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