On Friday, 06 May 2022, George Motsamai Ntlheng (48) was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders of his estranged wife, Boitumelo Daphney Molabatsi (36), and an additional fifteen years imprisonment for murdering her friend, Emelda Matsho (38) at Sunrise Park in 2019.
The Rustenburg Regional Court heard that on that fateful day Monday, 04 March 2019, Ntlheng followed his wife, who was unaware of him following her, to a friend’s house, according to Sergeant Ofentse Mokgadi.
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Ntlheng brutally murders both his wife and her friend
While the wife was inside the house waiting for her friend, Ntlheng attacked her with a knife.
He stabbed her multiple times, leading to her death. He then proceeded to the house of his wife’s alleged boyfriend.
“The man managed to escape, but he subsequently killed Matsho, who was a friend to the wife and happened to be in the vicinity at the time,” said Mokgadi.
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Both victims were brutally stabbed to death with a knife by Ntlheng.
Police have caught the killer
The Boitekong police were notified and Ntlheng was traced and arrested the same night.