Lawyer convicted of killing girlfriend, burning her body to cover tracks

A South African lawyer, Thubelihle Sbonakaliso Mpisi, has been sentenced to beingness imprisonment for the execution of his girlfriend, Mahlako Malebo Rabalao, whose burnt remains were discovered wrong her Mercedes-Benz successful Midrand, Johannesburg, successful March 2023.

The South Gauteng High Court successful Johannesburg recovered Mpisi blameworthy of murder, malicious wounded to property, and defeating the medication of justice.

Prosecutors proved that Rabalao had been killed earlier her assemblage and conveyance were acceptable ablaze successful an effort to destruct grounds and conceal the crime.

Rabalao, a 26-year-old IT specializer and parent of a three-year-old boy, had reportedly informed household and friends of her plans to extremity the narration and determination retired of the flat she shared with Mpisi earlier her death.

Investigators relied connected cellphone records, forensic evidence, adept testimony, and Mpisi’s actions earlier and aft the incidental to unafraid a conviction.

He was arrested successful KwaZulu-...