Pitt Street murders: Second accused sentenced
Murders could have been prevented.
The second accused in the Pitt Street murders, Thando Notshe, 25, was sentenced in the Gauteng High Court on Wednesday 28 June.
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Notshe received 15 years for armed robbery and a life sentence for each murder. He also has to serve the remaining six years of a 10-year sentence for housebreaking he was found guilty of in 2011. Notshe was released on parole after serving only four years.
His co-accused, Tshepo Ntsatsi, 23, was sentenced earlier after he had entered into a plea bargain with the state.
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The two were found guilty of murdering David and Vera Gaunt in April 2016.
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