PROVINCIAL COMMISSIONER WELCOMES TWO LIFE SENTENCES HANDED DOWN TO MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND AND SON
POLOKWANE- The Management of the South African Police Service in Limpopo has welcomed two life imprisonment sentences imposed on a double murder accused; David Matjila (45) who was sentenced by the Limpopo Division of the High Court in Polokwane on Monday 17 October 2022.
On 2014 August 2021 at bout 20h00, the accused arrived at Appiesdoring in the Burgersfort policing area where his girlfriend Farina Mahlake (34) and her son Kgoitsione (02) at the residence and found them both asleep.The accused stabbed the mother and child several times with a knife, killing them instantly.He then covered the deceased with a blanket and slept next to them.The following day, the accused fled the scene after a concened resident alerted the police.
The accused was arrested later on the same day while in a taxi to Hammanskraal in Gauteng province.The case was investigated by Sergeant Thelma Mokwena of Burgesfort Detectives.The member successfully opposed bail when the accused appreared before the Praktiseer Magistrate’s Court and ultimately found guilty.
The Provincial Commissioner of Police in Limpopo Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe lauded the investigating officer Sergeant Thelma Mokwena and other role players for the collaboration that ensured the cruel and heartless criminal is removed from the society permanently.The General said she hopes the sentences will bring comfort and justice to everyone affected.
