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Life imprisonment for dangerous criminals

 
MOPANI – Three men, Joseph Shai (19) and his brother, Paul Lucas Shai (32), both from Sekororo village, and Tenny Doctor Manganyi (19) of Duivelskloof, will spend the remaining part of their lives behind bars.

Their cases were finalized in the Tzaneen High Court last Friday and on Tuesday this week respectively.

The court heard that the Shai brothers were terrorizing residents of Metz village and the surrounding areas between January and December last year. Most of the offences that they had committed included housebreaking and theft, armed robbery, attempted murder, possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition and murder.

They were arrested early this year after the police had received a tip-off from concerned community members. Their cases were tried in both the Tzaneen magistrate's court and the Regional court, before being transferred to the High court. They were each sentenced to life imprisonment. Manganyi's case was finalized on Tuesday this week. The court heard that Manganyi was working as a gardener at Mr Johannes Prinsloo's Duivelskloof house during the time of the incident.

On the day of the incident, 14 February 2003, Manganyi reported for duty as usual and departed at about 16:00. About an hour later, he returned to the Prinsloos' house. This time he was armed with a panga. He started attacking Mr Prinsloo's wife, Fridah (50), without saying a word.

Mrs Prinsloo ran away and Manganyi followed her. He found her somewhere outside the house where he stabbed her to death with the panga. Her husband tried to intervene and he was also severely attacked. He was left lying helplessly within his yard. The paramedics, who were called by the neighbours, took him to the local hospital.

The police were thankful for the sentences given to the three criminals, saying it was a clear indication that crime does not pay.

News - Date: 14 May 2004

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Frank Mavhungu

Frank is a Human Resources Manager at the Department of Public Works in Limpopo. He is the longest serving correspondent of the Mirror, having joined us at the end of 1990.  He mainly writes sports reports and resides at Tsianda Village. In 2004, Frank won the National Castle League Award, an award for the best reporter in the SAB league in South Africa.

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