LESHABANE AND CO-ACCUSED FOUND GUILTY OF WIFE’S MURDER
Stanley Leshabane and his three co-accused have been found guilty on two counts of murder at the Limpopo High Court in Polokwane. Leshabane hired four men to shoot and kill his estranged wife Makoena Mabusela-Leshabane and her business partner, Tebogo Mphuti in Polokwane in 2020.
Judge Gerrit Muller found that the four hitmen followed Mabusela-Leshabane and Mphuti from Gauteng to Polokwane where they were killed. Judge Muller ruled that the evidence against Leshabane, Bheki Phiyose, Thembelani Dlamini, Ndondo Buthelezi and Richard John Zulu proved their guilt.
Muller also dismissed claims that Leshabane fell into a trance after overdosing on depression medication as a desperate fabrication of lies. He added that Leshabane knew the hitmen would also kill Mphuti as she was travelling with his wife.
The family of Makoena Mabusela-Leshabane say although they welcome the verdict, they are disappointed about Stanley Leshabane’s lack of remorse. Leshabane and his three co-accused will be sentenced on August the 16th.
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Maggie Mokobane
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