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- Three men have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a municipal truck driver.
- The men were arrested following an undercover operation.
- They tried to sell his truck for R150 000.
The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Scottburgh has sentenced three men to life imprisonment for the 2015 murder of a municipal truck driver.
They tried to sell his municipal truck for R150 000.
Phakizwe Dlamini, 35, Mnyamezeli Cele, 30 and Cyprian Caluza, 42, were found guilty of murder and robbery with aggravating circumstances.
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According to Hawks spokesperson Captain Simphiwe Mhlongo, in July 2015, members of the Port Shepstone Serious Organised Crime Unit received information from Crime Intelligence about a man who wanted to sell a municipality truck for R150 000. On 18 August 2015, an undercover operation was conducted. Dlamini was arrested while delivering the truck.
His accomplices, Cele and Caluza, who were waiting close by, fled the scene on foot.
The following day, Hawks members received information from the police that the body of the municipal truck driver had been found in a sugarcane field. His hands had been tied behind his back and he had been shot.
Investigations revealed that the three men killed him and sold his truck.
Cele and Caluza were later arrested and charged.
On Monday, Dlamini was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and 17 years for robbery with aggravating circumstances.
Cele and Caluza were each sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and 12 years for robbery with aggravating circumstances.
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