The family of a retired senior East London policeman and uMkhonto we Sizwe veteran who was gunned down at home in front of their young children is devastated after the man convicted of murdering their father was saved from receiving a life sentence for the crime. Brigadier Joseph “bra Joe” Jongile was at home with Sibongile, his wife of 23 years, and their two children at the family home in Baysville when their home was invaded by gunmen in May 2021.