The High Court of South Africa in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, has sentenced a 35-year-old man to life imprisonment for the brutal m8rder of his girlfriend, whom he set alight during a domestic dispute in Carolina.
Innocent Sthembiso Maseko was convicted of m8rdering his girlfriend, Mbali Lucy Ngubeni, following a violent altercation at their home in Silobela, Carolina.
National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Monica Nyuswa in a statement on Friday, March 13, 2926 said the court heard that the couple, who were in a domestic relationship and living together, began arguing in their bedroom on 20 August 2024.
Nyuswa said the argument escalated into a physical confrontation, during which Maseko poured petrol over Ngubeni and set her on fire.
