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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The Polokwane High Court sentenced Ashan Fraz Cheema to life imprisonment for the murder of his girlfriend, Mohlale Precious Magabane.<\/p>\n

Cheema, 33, also received two years for theft and five years for defeating the ends of justice.<\/p>\n

The National Prosecuting Authority welcomed the sentence – and the Director of Public Prosecutions, advocate Ivy Thenga, commended the good work of Warrant Officer Kotlolo Patrick Pila and advocate Nkhetheni Munyai.<\/p>\n

Cheema represented himself after firing his legal representatives several times.<\/p>\n

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During the trial, Raza Ali, a friend of Cheema, was called as a State witness.<\/p>\n

Ali said the accused told him about his problems with his girlfriend, and that, on 23 December 2018, Cheema confessed he had killed her by using a knife.<\/p>\n

He said Cheema dismembered the body, placed the body parts in refuse bags, and drove around disposing of it at Lydenburg Mountain, along the R37.<\/p>\n

Cheema then contacted Ali again, requesting his help to bury the deceased’s head and hands at Mashifane Park sports ground.<\/p>\n

The DNA proved the body parts belonged to the deceased.<\/p>\n

Cheema, who pleaded not guilty, was subsequently found guilty.<\/p>\n

During sentencing, Judge President Ephraim Makgoba said the accused was convicted of a serious offence, which fell under gender-based-violence, and which is a “big problem in this country”.<\/p>\n

He said he had taken into account the personal circumstances of the accused, the nature and seriousness of the offence, and the interest of society.<\/p>\n

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