A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a police officer in Nyanga four years ago.
Aviwe Ndwanyana was sentenced in the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday, following his conviction in June.
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Constable Asanda Siyoko (30) and her colleagues from the Nyanga Crime Prevention Unit were patrolling the New Rest informal settlement in June 2020 when they came under fire.
Siyoko died upon arrival at the hospital.
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‘The Western provincial head of the Hawks, Major General Makgato has welcomed the sentencing of Aviwe Ndwanyana (27) to life imprisonment for the murder of a police officer. ‘
‘The team comprising of the Hawks, Nyanga SAPS [South African Police Service] members and crime intelligence immediately launched a manhunt and Ndwanyana was subsequently arrested on 8 June 2020. He was remanded in custody until his sentence,’ said the Hawks’ Siyabulela Vukubi.
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