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Sigcine Mdani gets 18 years in jail for killing Noluvo Swelindawo
Sigcine Mdani was sentenced in the Western Cape High Court on Monday afternoon.
Sigcine Mdani was found guilty of kidnapping and killing Noluvo Swelindawo in Driftsands in Khayelitsha in December 2016.
Sigcine Mdani was convicted of assaulting, kidnapping and killing Noluvo Swelindawo in the Western Cape High Court on Thursday.
Judge Derek Wille has found the 26-year-old's desire to kill Swelindayo was fueled by his intolerance of her sexually orientation.
Sigcine Mdani is accused of murdering Swelindawo because she was lesbian.
Sigcine Mdani's currently on trial in the Western Cape High Court in connection with Noluvo Swelindawo's murder in December last year.
The Western Cape High Court on Thursday dismissed an application to discharge Sigcine Mdani, who allegedly helped abduct and murder Noluvo Swelindawo.
Sigcine Mdani's accused of killing Noluvo Swelindawo in Driftsands in December last year.
Sigcine Mdani is accused of killing Noluvo Swelindawo in December, because she was lesbian.
Noluvo Swelindawo was abducted, assaulted and murdered in December last year.
The 22-year-old woman's body was found near Khayelitsha, a few days after she had been abducted from her Driftsands home.
The African National Congress Women's League says gender violence remains a huge problem.
Deputy Minister of Police Maggie Sotyu says that she is shocked following the murders of three women in separate attacks in Cape Town.
A suspect has been taken into custody after a woman’s body was found on Monday.
Noluvo Swelindawo’s body was found on Sunday after she was shot & killed, allegedly for being gay.
It is alleged that Swelindawo, known in the Driftsands community by her nickname "Vovo", was targeted because she was openly lesbian.
Noluvo Swelindawo, an openly lesbian woman, was abducted and murdered last weekend in the Driftsands area.
The 22-year-old Cape Town woman was killed allegedly because she was a lesbian.
Noluvo Swelindawo was found shot dead near the N2 highway on Sunday.