By Katleho Sekhotho
The case of convicted killer Ntuthuko Shoba has adjourned for the day, with the Gauteng High court set to hand down the sentencing tomorrow
The court heard from both the state prosecutor and Shoba’s defence lawyer’s reasons on what sentence should be handed down.
Ntuthuko Shoba was found guilty of the murder of Tshegofatso Pule in March.
Pule was murdered by convicted killer Muzikayise Malephane in June 2020 on an order from Shoba.
She was eight months pregnant at the time.
Shoba first arranged for Malephane to kill Pule at the Mcdonald’s outlet where he staged a faux job interview for her.
When that plan failed, Shoba knowingly and intentionally delivered Pule into Malephane’s hands.
Katleho Sekhotho attended the court proceedings
The court heard from convicted killer Ntuthuko Shoba’s defence. Norman Makhubela asked that Shoba’s sentence “should not be cruel, inhumane, and degrading.”
Makhubela further said that the court “should not differentiate between the sentence given to Muzikayise Malephane and Shoba.”
Malephane was given 20 years behind bars after admitting to murdering Tshegofatso Pule.
State prosecutor Faghre Mohamed argued that Shoba was a primary mover in the matter and should be given “the harshest sentence possible.”
Mohamed argues that had it not been for Shoba’s actions, “this case wouldn’t exist in the way it does.”
He went on to add that Shoba showing no remorse in the matter is an aggravating factor for him to receive nothing less than life behind bars.
