The Pixley Ka Seme District Commissioner, Maj Gen Nomana Mtukushe welcomes the sentencing of Frans Cornelius Vermeulen.
He was sentenced in the Kimberley High Court for murdering his father’s girlfriend on their farm in Prieska.
Frans Vermeulen, was 17 years old at the time of the incident, when he and his father’s girlfriend, Sharifa Brown (27) were involved in an altercation.
Vermeulen strangled Brown and shot her four times with a .22 rifle and she died on the scene.
The incident occurred on 21 May 2016 at about 21:00 and Vermeulen was arrested on the same day and later received bail.
Vermeulen was found guilty in the Kimberley High Court and sentenced on 12 October 2023 to 12 years’ for the murder of which 4 years’ is suspended for 5 years’.
Maj Gen Nomana Mtukushe commended WO Marshal Bosman and all detectives of Prieska SAPS who assisted with investigations for their hard work and dedication that led to this sentence. “Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) cannot be tolerated and perpetrators thereof must be brought to justice, said Maj Gen Mtukushe”.
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