A man who shook the nation after he killed his girlfriend in front of their young child has been jailed for life.
He was found guilty of the murder offence and the judge gave him the maximum sentence for the crime.
Media reports suggest that his partner was a school teacher and the couple has a four year old child together.
North West police spokesperson Colonel Adéle Myburgh said Kamogelo Molorwe stabbed 34-year-old Busisiwe Jaki to death on 30 June last year after they had an argument.
The nature of the argument was not revealed but the nature of the crime is the one which irked the judge.
He was not shy to mention the fact that it was commited in front of a 4-year-old child who could be haunted by it for the rest of his life.
“The incident occurred in the victim’s rented room in Unit 4, Mogwase,” Myburgh said.
When she did not report for duty, the principal of the school became worried as she was not known to skip classes at will.
The principal then went to were the teacher resided and she was met by the greasly discovery of the lifeless body.
“She found her in a pool of blood in her room,” Myburgh added.
Police immediately linked her boyfriend Molorwe to the crime and they set up a manhunt for his capture.
He was subsequently arrested and charged with murder.
He pleaded guilty to the crime and during aggravation of his sentence, State advocate Jessica Molefe argued that he had deprived Jaki’s children of their right to their mother.
He is now set to spend life in prison for the offence.