The sentencing proceedings for the two men convicted of killing 16-year-old Matlhomola Moshoeu will begin in the North West High Court in Mahikeng today.
Pieter Doorewaard and Phillip Schutte pleaded not guilty to a string of charges that include murder, intimidation, kidnapping, theft, the unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition and pointing a firearm, the two are accused of murdering Matlhomola in Coligny on April 20, 2017.
The two accused men claimed that they caught the teenager stealing a sunflower on that day and their intention was to drive him to the police station, but he jumped off their bakkie along the way and broke his neck.Meanwhile an eyewitness said that wasn’t the case but rather the boy was pushed from the van. The Judge believes the two men threw the 16-year-old boy from a moving car
