Free State High Court sentences Lebohang Edwin Khotlele for murder

Media Statement
South African Police Service
Office of the Provincial Commissioner Free State

BLOEMFONTEIN – On Tuesday 30 July 2024, Lebohang Edwin Khotlele, escorted by his parent, arrived at Thaba Nchu Community Service Centre to report a heinous crime of murder. Lebohang reported to the police that he was involved in a fight with his 20-year-old girlfriend. 

According to a statement given by Lebohang, he strangled his girlfriend until she became unconscious. Emergency Service personnel later arrived and declared the young woman dead. A case docket of murder was opened, and Detective Sergeant Thabang George Dlamini was tasked with the investigation.

Free State High Court then found 33-year old Lebohang Edwin Khotlele guilty and sentenced him on Wednesday, 19 March 2025. Lebohang will serve 25 years’ imprisonment, and he was also declared unfit to possess a firearm.

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