Yesterday the Mthunzini High Court convicted and sentenced Bhekuyise Mngoma (52) to life imprisonment for murder and five years for kidnapping. He was convicted after the court heard how he killed an Ongoye University student last year.
On 2 September 2017, the community alerted police to an odour emanating from an informal home in the area. Police officers who responded discovered the decomposed body of a woman with stab wounds. A case of murder was opened at Esikhaleni police station for further investigation. Following police investigation the body was identified as that of Lethukuthula Ngobese (21), a student at Ongoye University who went missing on 29 July 2017. The accused who was the owner of the home, was not present at the time of the discovery of the body. He was later arrested and charged with murder and kidnapping.