Hefty sentence meted against three murderers

Trio appeared before Bloemfontein High Court on Friday, 22 October 2021, where they were convicted and sentenced as charged for murder and robbery.

Accused are Mojalefa Tseki (30); Thanki Dickson Motseki (29); and Ernest Pule Chambisso (36).

Their sentences originate from an incident on Monday, 24 September 2018.

On that day, deceased Karl Reich, was kidnapped from his residence in Welkom and robbed of his two vehicles. He was found murdered the following day on Tuesday, 25 September 2018, under a bridge in a tunnel in Pretoria.

The matter was then handed over to Bloemfontein Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation team for further investigation culminating to the conviction of the accused.

The court sentenced the accused as follows:

Motseki was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and additional 15 years direct imprisonment for robbery with aggravated circumstances.

Both Tseki and Chambisso were sentenced to 25 years direct imprisonment for murder and additional 12 years direct imprisonment robbery with aggravated circumstances.

All the sentences will run concurrently.

Free State Provincial
Head of Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, Major General Kubandran Moodley, welcomed the sentence and commended the outstanding work by the investigator which led to the conviction of the accused.