Life behind bars for killing deaf woman over food and money

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'Her death was highly unnecessary. She was defenceless and he stabbed her blindly, did not care how many times and where, simply because she refused to give him food and money.'

These are the words of state prosecutor Adv Ntsoaki Mabiletse who argued for a man to spend the rest of his life behind bars for stabbing to death a deaf woman who refused to give him food and money.

The National Prosecuting Authority said on Sunday that Bathandwa Bottoman was sentenced to life imprisonment and 15 years for killing 45-year-old Rozel Botha from Worcester in the Western Cape. The sentences will run concurrently.Bottoman followed Botha through the gates of her block of flats to the door of her apartment on August 17 2019. There, he demanded food and money.

Botha chased him away and closed the door but he proceeded to kick it open, attacked her and stole belongings which were recovered after his arrest.

 

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