{"id":94789,"date":"2017-06-17T08:32:19","date_gmt":"2017-06-17T06:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/teen-gets-30-years-for-killing-man-over-tablet\/"},"modified":"2017-06-17T08:32:19","modified_gmt":"2017-06-17T06:32:19","slug":"teen-gets-30-years-for-killing-man-over-tablet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/teen-gets-30-years-for-killing-man-over-tablet\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen gets 30 years for killing man over tablet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2017\/06\/17\/Teen_gets_30_years_for_killing_man_over_tablet\/\">Teen gets 30 years for killing man over tablet<\/a>: Johannesburg \u2013 The Sekgosese Regional Court has sentenced 19-year-old Dimakatso Surprise Mathemane to 20 years for killing a 22-year-old university student after robbing him of his tablet. Police spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe said the incident happened in February last year. &#8220;On the 13 February 2016, the accused robbed Khomotso Mokgerere, aged 22, of his tablet phone and further stabbed him to death with a knife before disappearing with the tablet. Police located him and found him possession of the deceased&#8217;s tablet within five days,&#8221; said Ngoepe. The court sentenced Mathemane to 20 years for murder and 10 years for armed robbery on Thursday. 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