Brits Farmer, Brink Botha, 53, murdered & robbed by two farmworkers, who shot him twice; after having poisoned 8 of their dogs.
Life for HIV-positive farm killers
2011-03-12 09:31
CityPress
 Thomas Chauke (left) and Zondi Nkuna in High Court Pretoria prior to being sentenced to life for murder of Brink Brits. Photo: Alet Pretorius |
Pretoria – Two men who killed a Brits, North West, farmer were sentenced to life imprisonment by the Pretoria High Court yesterday, despite being HIV-positive.
Judge Peter Mabuse said the fact that Thomas Chauke (30), a Mozambican, and Zondi Nkuna (31) of Soshanguve were both HIV-positive was not a compelling reason to deviate from the prescribed life sentence.
The two were last year convicted of murdering Brits farmer Brink Botha and robbing him and his wife Christelle of cellphones, R200 and their bakkie.
Both were also convicted of animal cruelty after poisoning eight of the couple’s Boerboel dogs. One died at the scene and two had to be hospitalised.
Police shot and killed a third suspect.
The two accused were part of a gang who entered the house by smashing a bedroom window. When Botha charged at them they shot him in the chest.
One of the robbers grabbed his wife, who had fled to the study, and demanded money.
She and her daughter were tied up before the robbers left. They found her husband dead in a pool of blood.
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