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Former Eastern Cape traffic officer gets life sentence for murder

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Former traffic officer Fanele Nxuseka 38, was handed a life sentence for the murder of his girlfriend Ncomeka Tenyane by the Eastern Cape High Court sitting at Port St Johns.

Nxuseka, who was married, murdered his girlfriend after he discovered that she was living with HIV in May 2020.

He abducted Tenyane from her home, near Lusikisiki, before shooting her multiple times, before dumping her body.

Regional Spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Luxulo Tyali says they are satisfied with the sentence meted out by the court.

The Court also sentenced Nxuseka to 12 years imprisonment for kidnapping. He is said to have used his service pistol to shoot and kill his girlfriend after discovering she was on antiretroviral drugs (ARV’s).

The court agreed with the NPA that the fact that he was a law enforcement officer made him a candidate for the harshest sentence, that is life imprisonment.

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