The court upheld the state's appeal against the caution and discharge sentence imposed on a Vanderbijlpark father who shot his son dead after mistaking him for a burglar.The Gauteng Division High Court has upheld an appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions against the “shockingly inappropriate” sentence imposed on a Vanderbijlpark man who shot his son dead after allegedly mistaking him for a burglar.
. “The accused shot and killed his own son, Coert Johannes Kruger Junior, who was on the roof of his grandmother’s house on the evening of 22 March 2019. He pleaded guilty to a charge of murder and explained that he reacted to an alarm activation at his mother's house and met with a security guard from the security company that called him earlier.
Mjonondwane said the state's appeal was based on the premise of misdirection and it further held the view that the trial court had imposed a sentence that was “shockingly inappropriate”.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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