{"id":29038,"date":"2022-04-12T21:07:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T21:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/wait-for-medical-records-delays-sentencing-of-mohamed-dangors-murderer"},"modified":"2022-04-12T21:17:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T21:17:55","slug":"wait-for-medical-records-delays-sentencing-of-mohamed-dangors-murderer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/wait-for-medical-records-delays-sentencing-of-mohamed-dangors-murderer","title":{"rendered":"Wait for medical records delays sentencing of Mohamed Dangor&#8217;s murderer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The sentencing of a North West man found guilty of murder and two counts of attempted murder has been postponed to May.<\/p>\n<p>Confidence Sekgoro, 38, appeared at the Klerksdorp Regional Court on Monday where his lawyer successfully requested that his case be postponed pending outstanding medical records.<\/p>\n<p>The defence team requested that sentencing be postponed to 11 May as they needed to submit a detailed report to the court for sentencing preparations.<\/p>\n<p>National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Henry Mamothame, said: &#8220;The matter was set for sentencing on 11 April 2022. However, his defence team requested a postponement to allow the probation officer to receive Sekgoro&#8217;s medical report and for her to submit a comprehensive report in preparation for sentencing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On November 2019, Sekgoro handed himself to the police after he shot dead Mohamed Dangor, 31, and attempted to kill his colleagues Mehboob Soomra, 36, and Yusuf Ally, 61.<\/p>\n<p>Sekgoro later testified that he was acting in self-defence.<\/p>\n<p>However, his submission was dismissed following video footage presented as evidence which showed there had been no threat against him at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Never miss a story. 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