Two white South African farmers were sentenced to up to 23 years in prison on We...
JOHANNESBURG - Two white South African farmers were sentenced to up to 23 years in prison on Wednesday for the murder of a black youth who was thrown from a moving vehicle after being accused of stealing about 80 rand worth of sunflowers.
The death of 15-year-old Matlhomola Mosweu in April 2017 caused outrage in a country where deep racial divisions persist 25 years after the end of white minority apartheid rule. The two defendants, Pieter Doorewaard and Phillip Schutte, were found guilty in October of murder, kidnapping, intimidation, theft and pointing of a firearm.
The convictions and heavy sentences meted out were unusual in South Africa. In 2017, two white farmers were jailed for up to 14 years for attempted murder, assault and kidnapping after they were filmed pushing a wailing black man into a coffin.Doorewaard will serve 18 years in prison including 15 for murder while Schutte will serve 23 years, 20 of which for murder. Both got three years for kidnapping, two for intimidation, one year for theft and two years for pointing of a firearm.
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