The Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Monday, March 13, 2023, sentenced a 37-year-old Nigerian national, Onyeghani Ekene Dumkele, to life imprisonment for the murder of Limpopo artist, Shaun-Doughlas Chabalala, 23.

Sunnyside police spokesperson, Captain Daniel Mavimbela said Chabalala was robbed inside the seventh-floor residential unit and then forcefully thrown out of the window. He died at the scene.

"Shortly after he was convicted, a 37-year-old foreign national, who murdered a multitalented up-and-coming Limpopo artist, Shaun-Douglas Chabalala, 23, was handed a life sentence in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Monday afternoon,” Mavimbela said.

“Additionally, a 15-year jail term was imposed on Onyeghani Ekene Dumkele for aggravated robbery, plus a 12-months suspended sentence, on condition that he is deported to his native country after he completes his concurrent sentence for murder and aggravated robbery.

Chabalala and his friend, Given Mzamane, were lured to the infamous Tambotie block of flats in Sunnyside, east of Pretoria, in May 2018, through a fake advertisement of a luxury camera.

The two arrived at the populated block of flats, with the intention of purchasing the advertised camera.

“They carried a cash amount of R14 000 on them, only to be led into an ambush inside an apartment where Dumkele lived on the seventh floor. Upon entering the apartment, the victims were attacked by a group of men,” Mavimbela said.

Mzamane testified that he forced his way out of the door and manage to escape. However, it was not before he had witnessed two men, who had participated in the robbery and attack on himself and Chabalala, lift Chabalala and threw him out of the window from the same apartment."

The artist succumbed to injuries from the attack and the fall. He was declared dead at the scene.

“Dumkele was arrested almost 15 months after the murder, by Sunnyside police detective, Captain Simon Motolla, who had decided to abandon a wedding celebration that he had attended in Mpumalanga after he was tipped-off on the whereabouts of the accused,” said Mavimbela.

Dumkele was sniffed out from the ceiling inside a house in Pretoria West by a police dog, following the enlistment of the services of a K-9 Unit."

During his arrest, Dumkele blamed the murder on his missing co-accused and fellow countryman, Obienna Ofoegbuliwe, who has since absconded after he was granted bail of R3 000.

"That testimony was rejected by the court since he knew that, among others, the police had been searching for him, had not disclosed the identity of the killer prior to his arrest and was easily pointed out by Mzamane during the identification parade,” said Mavimbela.

Sunnyside police station commander, Brigadier Matshidiso Kgoadi has welcomed the stiff sentence.

Kgoadi saluted the dedicated team of investigators and the prosecutor who worked tirelessly to secure Dumkele’s conviction.

https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2023/3/nigerian-man-sentenced-to-life-imprisonment-for-murder-of-south-african-artist-2.html

Sad!
they granted a co-accused in a murder case bail?

I always tell young lads, any hustle wey you dey do wey dey hurt another person, no be hustle , na crime.

Money mustn't be made in any which way

How could They have thrown a human being out of a window? I haven't seen anywhere that the deceased resisted the robbery attempt, yet the heartlesss criminals couldn't just collect the money and free the victim. Most criminals have dead conscience, no wonder people burn criminals*

My people and their inconsiderate and unconscionable behaviours

I wish him a slow and painful death! This is really sickening!

By their names we shall know them (Onyeghani Ekene Dumkele). News should stop calling them Nigerians abeg. They should be called ßiafrans or Hobidiots

N

WOW

You go ablood go turn arm loba .Developers on the beat

Nigerians dey try make South Africans abandon Xenophobia against Nigerians this one dey give South Africans more reason to hate us

Two crime scene and one sad one are what Nairaland is using to welcome us this morning.

Them no like una for NORTH,SW,SS,Indonesia,India,Ghana,Philippine,South Africa etc....
Igbo people better check themselves,the world are beginning to notice a particular tribe from NIG.

naija delta Igbos

Nawa o.

I hate it when ppl bring tribalism into daily news.

Always An IPOB

you robbed your victim that's not enough

only for you to throw out a fellow human from a high-rise building

The heart of men.

Obidient. South Africa branch

When I see Nigerians blame South Africans on this forum, I laugh at their ignorance.

I have traveled the length and breadth of South Africa and I can tell you that South Africans are one of the kindest people in the world. Of course, they have their crazy people like every other country.

Trust me, Nigerians in South Africa, mostly our Igbo brothers are the cause of the resentment South Africans melt on Nigerians.

South Africans are very trusting and open. Guess what, our brothers used this against them.

If you think South Africans are bad, go to South Africa and see the evils perpetuated by our brothers in that country.

Truth be told, Igbos, just like Buhari, have seriously damaged the Nigerian image internationally..

Just that BAT f*ucked up by dubiously clinging the APCHEAT presidential primaries meant for Yemi Osinbajo, if not, nothing would have concerned me with Obi/Igbos ..

A typical Igbo man thinks he's smarter and always seek of ways to cheat you in a business deal..

Yet, they go about crying foul, claiming victims when dealt with..

See how they focused on the governorship election in Lagos, whereas, their region is a mess of credible leaders. Everything is seriously worse with the Igbos around, really. They're never to be trusted; both genders...

So sad
The nonsense they are doing in Lagos is what they are doing in South Africa. Same thing they are doing in India, Vietnam, Thailand, China and everywhere..
Very stupid people.