3 Parys Farmers Guilty of Assaulting Farmworkers Handed Suspended Sentences

• Three of the five farmers found guilty of assaulting two farmworkers have been granted suspended sentences
• The three farmers were given three-year sentences due to their age at the time of the assault
• The remaining two farmers have been placed in the care of the correctional services

In 2016 two farm workers were brutally assaulted resulting in their tragic deaths.

Three farmers found guilty of assault have been handed three years suspended sentences by the court. Two other farmers were sentenced to correctional supervision according to TimesLIVE.

Cornelius Loggenberg, Lodewikus van der Westhuizen and Gert van Vuuren were deemed to have been relatively young during the assault.

Judge Corne van Zyl said that the five were deemed not to be a threat to public safety and had performed positive roles in their community.

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Gert van der Westhuizen was instructed by the court to pay each of the families of the deceased R20 000. He had already said that he was prepared to pay compensation according to SowetanLIVE.

Mass Shootings: Police Minister Bheki Cele visits Umlazi, residents say gunshots are normal

Earlier, Briefly News reported that the Minister of Police took a trip to Umlazi on Thursday to visit the neighbourhoods that were plagued by mass shootings in the past few days. Eleven people were killed in the incidents that took place in U-section and W-section.

Cele's trip to Umlazi was focused on visiting the crime scenes and receiving a detailed report from the Provincial South African Police team in regard to the incidents that took place on Saturday night and Tuesday evening, according to The Witness.

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Briefly News previously reported that five people were killed in a mass shooting that took place in Umlazi, Durban on Tuesday night. Three other people were injured in the incident.

Spokesperson for the Transport, Community Safety and Liaison Kwanele Ncalane confirmed the deaths and stated that the shooting took place in W-section, according to TimesLIVE.

The victims are said to have been sitting inside a house when three gunmen who are yet to be identified entered the home. The victims are said to have been shot in the head and upper body. The three individuals who were injured were immediately taken to hospital following the shooting.

Source: Briefly News