Mpho Thobane sentenced to 20 years for burning girlfriend alive
Mpho Thobane set his girlfriend Viwe Dalingozi alight while she lay asleep in their Johannesburg CBD flat in October 2018
Mpho Thobane, the man convicted for burning his girlfriend Viwe Dalingozi to death has been sentenced to 20 years behind bars.
Sentencing proceedings got underway in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, 25 February 2021. This is a month after he was convicted for Dalingozi’s thoughtless killing in October 2018.
Thobane, then 27 years old, poured petrol on the 32 year-old woman, while she was asleep in their flat in the Johannesburg CBD, before setting her on fire. He fled for Limpopo and was arrested by police just days later. Dalingozi suffered till her last breath and died two days after the gruesome attack.
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News24 previously reported on the moments before the death of the 10-year-old child.
Not long after the nearly four-hour surgery on 11 October 2019, Munshi took Sayed to the recovery area where his disorientated son was kicking and moaning with half-opened eyes.
The father was apparently told to hold his son’s legs while Munshi unsuccessfully tried to get a tube into his chest.
But the father said it was unacceptable that a parent was asked to assist a doctor in the resuscitation of his child, News24 further reported.
Beale remains out on bail.
The case was postponed to 19 February 2021 for pre-trial proceedings in the High Court.