Africa-Press – South-Africa. The sentencing proceedings of Babsy Ntamehlo – who was found guilty of murdering his estranged wife, Nosicelo Tsipa, because he wanted the house she was living in – were postponed to January instead of starting on Tuesday.
Judge Daniel Thulare found Ntamehlo guilty of murdering Tsipa in a judgment in October which slammed the authorities for going no further than giving her another protection order when she said he was ignoring the first one.
Ntamehlo strangled Tsipa, put her body in a wheelie bin, and then set her on fire. Then, he buried her in a shallow grave in Fisantekraal, Durbanville.
Neighbours followed the wheelie bin tracks and found her.
A lone policeman had to fend off a group of people so angry they wanted to murder Ntamehlo there and then. He was rescued and went on trial.
Tsipa was murdered after a long period of abuse that got so bad that not only did she get two protection orders, but her brother also lived with her to keep her safe.
He struck when her brother went to soccer practice.
Ntamehlo pretended he had not seen Tsipa when her brother went looking for her when she disappeared.
During the trial, some of the threatening messages sent to her were read out, and Thulare said there was no doubt Ntamehlo planned to murder her.
Thulare was told the witnesses who were going to testify on Ntamehlo’s character and background were not available on Tuesday, so he postponed the proceedings.
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