[ALERT] Zwelethu Mthethwa sentenced for sex worker's murder
Cape Town artist and convicted murderer Zwelethu Mthethwa has been sentenced to 18 years in jail for murder in the Western Cape High Court.
CAPE TOWN - Cape Town artist and convicted murderer Zwelethu Mthethwa has been sentenced to 18 years in jail for murder in the Western Cape High Court.
Mthethwa was convicted of beating to death 23-year-old sex worker Nokuphila Kumalo in Woodstock four years ago.
SWEAT activists celebrating outside WC High Court where #ZwelethuMthethwa was sentenced to 18 years in jail for murder. @JustKoyana here pic.twitter.com/Cj59G5rE7r
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) June 7, 2017
Judge Patricia Goliath said there was no mitigation evidence for her to impose a sentence less than the minimum of 15 years.
Activist Nosipho Vidima says: “We’re hoping that the rest of the justice system, including the investigating officers, will realise that Judge Goliath just said that no special treatment should be taken for people that kill sex workers. Killing sex workers will not be tolerated for anybody in South Africa.”
#ZwelethuMthethwa SWEAT and Sisonke activists have been attending court for last 4 years with numerous delays. Today they celebrate. XK pic.twitter.com/LHYHRYHQwQ
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) June 7, 2017
