Cop jailed for murder
The court -- sitting in
Palm Ridge on the East Rand -- sentenced Constable Benson LwayiphiLufele to 18
years for murder and six years for attempted murder, said Ipid national
spokesman Moses Dlamini.
A police constable was jailed for 24 years by the High Court in
Johannesburg on Wednesday for killing a colleague, the Independent Police
Investigative Directorate said.
The court -- sitting in Palm Ridge on the East Rand -- sentenced
Constable Benson LwayiphiLufele to 18 years for murder and six years for
attempted murder, said Ipid national spokesman Moses Dlamini.
"The sentence follows the accused's conviction by the same court in
December 2013," said Dlamini.
Lufele, 35, killed 48-year-old Captain Mthembeni Walter Sibisi, while
they were both off duty, on August 19, 2012.
Lufele was driving his private vehicle along Enoch Sontongastreet in
Katlehong on the East Rand. Sibisi was driving with his son along the same
street in his private vehicle at the time.
The two vehicles then collided at an intersection, which led to an
argument between the policemen.
Both men were unaware that they were both policemen at the time, said
Dlamini.
Lufele allegedly shot Sibisi in the leg and when Sibisi tried to take
away Lufele's car keys, he fired multiple shots at Sibisi.
Sibisi died at the scene, said Dlamini.
