Two of the killers who were sentenced to life imprisonment for the double murder of DA councillor Johannes Baatjies and his business partner Jeffrey Nouse have been handed additional sentences.
TWO OF the killers who were sentenced to life imprisonment for the double murder of DA councillor Johannes Baatjies and his business partner Jeffrey Nouse in Danielskuil in 2016, have been handed additional sentences for housebreaking as well as the illegal possession of hunting rifles and ammunition.
The accused, Zoniselo Richard Mgawu, Thompson Charlie Mphondomisa and Justice Floyd Chiloane, were sentenced in the Kuruman Magistrate’s Court last week.
The incident took place on a farm near Danielskuil in November 2015 prior to the double murders.
Mgawu and Mphondomisa were each sentenced on June 23 to 10 years’ imprisonment for housebreaking with the intent to steal and theft, five years for the illegal possession of ammunition and 10 years for the illegal possession of firearms.
They were also declared unfit to own a firearm.
Chiloane, an engineer, was sentenced to R100,000 or two years’ imprisonment for the theft of firearms and ammunition, R100,000 or two years’ imprisonment for the illegal possession of ammunition and R400,000 or six years’ imprisonment for the illegal possession of firearms.
He was also declared unfit to possess a firearm.
The investigating officer in the case, Lieutenant-Colonel Dolf Louwrens, who has since retired, indicated that the stolen firearms were not linked to the murders.
The State was represented by Wentzel Engelbrecht.
Baatjies was murdered shortly before he was to be sworn in as a DA councillor at Kgatelopele Municipality.
Baatjies and Nouse were lured to a business meeting on the road between Postmasburg and Danielskuil, where Baatjies was shot twice in the head and once in the torso while Nouse was shot in the face.
Mgawu and Mphondomisa were convicted and received double life sentences for the murders.
Mphondomisa also received a four-year prison sentence for the illegal possession of a 9mm firearm and ammunition.
