| Cash-in-transit accused handed life imprisonment | |
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| Date Published: | 2023/03/17 |
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Media Statement GAUTENG – Jabulani Reginald Zitha (28) has been sentenced to almost 60 years’ imprisonment in the Gauteng North High Court in Pretoria on Friday, 17 March 2023. Zitha was arrested on 01 July 2021 at Centurion 55 Mall when he approached a cash guard along with the now deceased Lucas Loate. The armed pair confronted the guard who had just collected money from the Super Spar. The guard was shot and wounded in the leg before the pair fled with the cash bag. Security guards from SBV reacted to the shooting and chased the pair to the back of the mall where a shootout resulted in Loate being fatally wounded. Zitha was also wounded and taken to hospital for treatment. He appeared in court on the 21 July 2021, and has been awaiting his trial which started on 06 March 2023. The court has on Friday, 17 March 2023, sentenced Zitha to an accumulative sentence of 59 years’ for eight accounts. These range from murder, attempted murder, robbery with aggravating circumstances possession of illegal firearms and ammunition. The Gauteng Provincial Head of the Hawks Major General, Ebrahim Kadwa has praised the investigators for their tirelessness in ensuring that justice is served in the end. Ends
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