Thabani Mzolo gets life sentence for murder of ex-girlfriend
The man who shot and killed Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) student Zolile Khumalo, has been handed a life sentence.
Thabani Mzolo been has given a further 28 years for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.
Mzolo shot Khumalo - who was his ex-girlfriend - at her off-campus res.
READ: Thabani Mzolo found guilty of murdering MUT ex-girlfriend
Judge Nonpumelelo Radebe told the Court that Khumalo’s murder was planned and premeditated.
Radebe says it is not an offence for a woman to reject a man. She told the court that there is no law against it.
She said Mzolo’s youth and leadership skills which were brought forward by his defence team, were not anything to consider for a lesser sentence because of the seriousness of the crime.
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Radebe said Mzolo had no respect for people’s lives and their integrity and spoke about how he bragged to his friends on Facebook after the murder with Khumalo's body just a meter away from him.
Khumalo’s elderly parents were in tears at the end of proceedings.
#ZolileKhumalo WATCH: #ThabaniMzolo actually smiling and laughing in the dock while sentence is being handed down, at times, giggling.... Mzolo has been found guilty of shooting his ex-girlfriend, Zolile in her room at an off-Campus res. pic.twitter.com/7dfbjCEKAd
— Nushera Raisa Soodyal (@nushera) March 5, 2020
Just in: #ThabaniMzolo sentenced to LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR THE MURDER OF #ZolileKhumalo . He was further sentenced to 25 years for unlawful possession of a prohibited firearm and three years of three rounds of ammunition @ECR_Newswatch pic.twitter.com/7LxkYVPd1L
— Nushera Raisa Soodyal (@nushera) March 5, 2020
#ZolileKhumalo family in tears on hearing the sentence handed down to #ThabaniKhumalo @ECR_Newswatch pic.twitter.com/IE19XXTAML
— Nushera Raisa Soodyal (@nushera) March 5, 2020
