KZN man gets 20 years for murder of pregnant girlfriend

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A 28-year-old KwaZulu-Natal man was handed down a 20-year jail sentence for the murder of his five-months pregnant girlfriend in December.

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Lungani Gqwaru was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment in the Durban high court on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to murdering his girlfriend, Nokuphiwa Magwaza, 24, who was 22 weeks pregnant, in December 2020. “At some point, before the incident in December 2020, he suspected her of cheating on him. On the day, he went to visit her at her home and after some time they went for a walk together. Gqwaru then took her to a spot where he fatally assaulted her. He fled the scene.”

 

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20 years nothing two lives lost, the unborn child 20years for the girlfriend 20 years, for obstruction of justice, etc, etc, 10 more years, 50 years without parole BRAVO

Crime of passion my foot, this is not justice 😤he gave her a death sentence for a suspected cheating but he gets 20 years, plus he killed the woman and the innocent unborn baby. Seriously women and children's lives don't matter in this world💔💔💔

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