Gingindlovu pensioner's killer sentenced to 15 years
A 20-year-old man has begun serving a 15-year prison sentence for the murder of an 83-year-old Gingindlovu man.
Pahlad Bhulai was strangled in his Naickerville home in September last year.
The Inkanyezi Regional Court heard that Siphesihle Buthelezi also stole the pensioner's bank card and cell phone.
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KZN police spokesperson, Thembeka Mbele says investigators arrested Bhulai's 20-year-old girlfriend and the suspect at a local lodge.
The couple had booked accommodation using the victim's card.
"During the course of their investigation, detectives discovered that the pair were a couple. Siphesihle Buthelezi (20) was convicted and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for murder and one-year imprisonment for theft," she says.
Mbele says charges against the female accused were withdrawn at court.
