Hawks welcome life sentence for Gingindlovu cop killer
Hawks officials in KwaZulu-Natal have welcomed the life sentence handed down to a 29-year-old man for the murder of a Gingindlovu police officer in 2015.
Warrant Officer, Jerico Mdletshe was shot and killed while responding to a complaint of suspicious vehicles on the R102 near a local shopping mall.
A second officer - Constable Senzo Ndwandwe - who accompanied Mdletshe - was also shot multiple times and rushed to hospital.
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Msawenkosi Ngema was arrested in 2017. He was sentenced in the Mthunzini Magistrate's Court on Monday. Ngema was also handed five years for attempted murder.
The sentence will run concurrently.
