A GUNMAN who killed the father of a Hawks detective who had been investigating a VIP security company has been sentenced to 20 years in the mang.
Abongile Nqodi, 35, was sentenced at the Khayelitsha Priority Court last week for the murder of Nicholaas Heerschap, 74, who was shot in a hit that was meant for his son outside their home in Melkbosstrand in 2019.
Nqodi had entered into a plea agreement with the State.
At the time of the killing, the Hawks revealed that Heerschap’s son, former Warrant Officer Nico Heerschap, was testifying against the owner of a VIP protection services company at the Cape Town Regional Court.
The security company, which has since shut down, had issues with firearms which were seized by the Hawks due to the…
