Africa-Press – South-Africa. A man has been convicted of murdering a retired Eastern Cape police officer during a house robbery a year ago.
On Tuesday, the Eastern Cape High Court in East London convicted German Billa of house robbery and murder.
According to Hawks spokesperson, Captain Yolisa Mgolodela, the retired head of the Eastern Cape police’s Operational Response Services division, Brigadier Joseph Jongile, was attacked by three men during a house robbery at his home in Bayville, East London on 14 May 2021.
He died after sustaining two gunshot wounds during a struggle with the armed robbers. His wife and children were tied up and the house was ransacked, News24 previously reported.
Retired Eastern Cape police commander killed during house robbery
At the time, police estimated that valuables worth R80 000 were stolen during the robbery.
Mgolodela said:
The two other gunmen are still at large and the “Hawks are on their trail”, Mgolodela added.
Billa pleaded guilty and the case was postponed to Thursday for sentencing.
Jongile retired from the police service in 2014. He also served in the ANC’s armed wing, uMkhonto we Sizwe.
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