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Reinhardt Leach, convicted of murdering Vicki Terblanche, writes a heartfelt letter to her son, expressing deep remorse for the pain he has caused.
‘When we allow these cases to go unsolved and unpunished, we not only fail the victims, but also send a message that gender-based violence and femicide are tolerated. ’ - Professor Naeemah Abrahams of the SAMRC.
The panel, established in February at the initiative of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, also said abolishing the death penalty system is an international trend.
Two Eastern Cape brothers have been sentenced for the murder after they killed a neighbour who owed their mother R100.
Maurice Butlion was handed a life sentence after he pleaded guilty to murdering his mother, Sharon-Ann Butlion, in 2022.
United Kingdom police said Virginia McCullough will have to spend at least 36 years in prison before she can be considered for parole.
KwaZulu-Natal police have arrested a second suspect in connection with the murder of a police officer, in February this year.
Daughter of the deceased, Jackie Jewell believed the punishment did not fit the crime.
A 60-year-old KwaZulu-Natal teacher, convicted of raping two young boys and then giving them R2 to keep quiet, has been handed a double life sentence.
Childline KZN has welcomed the Camperdown Regional Court's decision to hand four life terms to a man found guilty of raping his stepdaughter.
A woman who stole millions and spent it on gambling and then hid from police in a freezer, has been sentenced to a decade in jail.
A Gauteng sex-pest, who held two young friends hostage for four hours while he raped them and forced them to create sexual content, has been found guilty.
A Malawian pastor who spent a year orchestrating the thefts of batteries from Vodacom and MTN cellphone towers around the country, will spend the next decade behind bars.
The Ezakheni Magistrate’s Court have handed life sentences to three brothers convicted of beating a man to death in September 2022.
51 suspects arrested, 26 stolen vehicles recovered, and seven unlicensed firearms seized, as the Police Stabilisation Team takes back control in Tshwane District.
A Nigerian man has been handed four life sentence and an additional 18 years imprisonment for rape and human trafficking. His partner was also sentenced.
The Johannesburg High Court has denied a prison sentence appeal application by a woman found guilty of murdering her two-year-old daughter.
A 37-year-old man who strangled a Phoenix pensioner to death in September 2022, has been handed a life sentence.
A 19-year-old has pleaded guilty to a case of culpable homicide that claimed the life of Brits father and grandfather, Patrick Jewell.
A man got a life sentence after he was found guilty of raping an 11-year-old girl.
Rochelle Botha and Stefan van Niekerk have been sentenced for the murder of Botha's two-year-old daughter, Chevonne Rusch.
A 57-year-old woman who ran an elaborate scam, fleecing people out of R18 million, has been sentenced.
We delve into the haunting realm of familial homicide, particularly focusing on the enigmatic cases where women have taken the lives of their loved ones all to cash out on life insurance policies.
A look back on the Thabo Bester case and where we are now.
A father who raped his biological daughter when she was just 13-year-old will spend life in prison.