The Limpopo High Court has convicted and sentenced Lunghani Mhlongo [30], of Dan Village in Tzaneen, to 72 years’ imprisonment for the murder of his partner and their eight-month-old baby.
On 15 September 2024, following an argument, Mhlongo assaulted his partner, Hope Nkuna, while she was carrying the baby on her back.
During the assault, she collided with a table, which struck the minor child on the head. He then continued to assault her by throttling her until she became unresponsive. Upon checking the baby, he found the child also unresponsive.
Mhlongo hid the two bodies inside an RDP house and later set the house alight in an attempt to conceal the evidence. He fled the scene thereafter. Community members alerted the police, and he was subsequently apprehended.
He entered into a plea and sentence agreement in terms of Section 105A of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977.
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