Two men have been sentenced to 15 years’ each in prison by the Pretoria North Magistrate’s Court.
Their crimes, committed on October 7, 2022, include pointing a gun at, robbing, and kidnapping an e-hailing driver at the conclusion of a requested trip. The perpetrators, Victor Junior Sebata, 35, and Kagiso Patrick Mthimunye, 31, both from Mamelodi, approached the e-hailing driver at the end of a requested trip from the Propaganda Club in Pretoria Central to Silverton.
Sebata and Mthimunye pointed a gun at the 34-year-old, unnamed driver, robbed him of his belongings, and forced him into the boot of his vehicle.
According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Lumka Mahanjana, the duo drove with the driver to Mamelodi, where they removed him from the boot, tied him up, and…