{"id":255369,"date":"2023-03-14T13:32:06","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T12:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=255369"},"modified":"2023-03-14T16:14:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T15:14:17","slug":"nigerian-man-sentenced-to-life-imprisonment-for-murder-of-south-african-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/14\/nigerian-man-sentenced-to-life-imprisonment-for-murder-of-south-african-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian man sentenced to life imprisonment for murder of South African artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 37-year-old Nigerian national, Onyeghani Ekene Dumkele, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Limpopo artist, Shaun-Doughlas Chabalala in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The Sunnyside police spokesperson, Captain Daniel Mavimbela said 23-year-old Chabalala was robbed inside the seventh-floor residential unit, forcefully thrown out of the window and died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Mavimbela said, &#8220;Shortly after he was convicted, a 37-year-old foreign national, who murdered a multitalented up-and-coming Limpopo artist, Shaun-Douglas Chabalala, 23, was handed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/04\/jealous-south-african-husband-who-brutally-murdered-his-4-kids-bags-four-life-sentences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">life sentence<\/a> in the Pretoria Magistrate&#8217;s Court on Monday afternoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdditionally, a 15-year jail term was imposed on Onyeghani Ekene Dumkele for aggravated robbery, plus a 12-month suspended sentence, on condition that he is deported to his native country after he completes his concurrent sentence for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/12\/lagos-security-guard-arrested-over-murder-of-housemaid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">murder<\/a> and aggravated robbery.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-255381 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/kunlenet07\/2023\/03\/14\/Shaun-Doughlas-Chabalala.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1092\" height=\"1092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/kunlenet07\/2023\/03\/14\/Shaun-Doughlas-Chabalala.jpg 1092w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/kunlenet07\/2023\/03\/14\/Shaun-Doughlas-Chabalala-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/kunlenet07\/2023\/03\/14\/Shaun-Doughlas-Chabalala-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/kunlenet07\/2023\/03\/14\/Shaun-Doughlas-Chabalala-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/kunlenet07\/2023\/03\/14\/Shaun-Doughlas-Chabalala-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1092px) 100vw, 1092px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chabalala and his friend, Given Mzamane, were lured to the infamous Tambotie block of flats in Sunnyside, east of Pretoria, in May 2018, through a fake advertisement of a luxury camera.<\/p>\n<p>The two arrived at the populated block of flats, with the intention of purchasing the advertised camera.<\/p>\n<p>Mavimbela said, \u201cThey carried a cash amount of R14 000 on them, only to be led into an ambush inside an apartment where Dumkele lived on the seventh floor. Upon entering the apartment, the victims were attacked by a group of men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mzamane testified that he forced his way out of the door and manage to escape. However, it was not before he had witnessed two men, who had participated in the robbery and attack on himself and Chabalala, lift Chabalala and threw him out of the window from the same apartment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The artist succumbed to injuries from the attack and the fall. He was declared dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDumkele was arrested almost 15 months after the murder, by Sunnyside police detective, Captain Simon Motolla, who had decided to abandon a wedding celebration that he had attended in Mpumalanga after he was tipped-off on the whereabouts of the accused,\u201d said Mavimbela.<\/p>\n<p>Dumkele was sniffed out from the ceiling inside a house in Pretoria West by a police dog, following the enlistment of the services of a K-9 Unit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During his arrest, Dumkele blamed the murder on his missing co-accused and fellow countryman, Obienna Ofoegbuliwe, who has since absconded after he was granted bail of R3 000.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That testimony was rejected by the court since he knew that, among others, the police had been searching for him, had not disclosed the identity of the killer prior to his arrest and was easily pointed out by Mzamane during the identification parade,\u201d said Mavimbela.<\/p>\n<p>Sunnyside police station commander, Brigadier Matshidiso Kgoadi has welcomed the stiff sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Kgoadi saluted the dedicated team of investigators and the prosecutor who worked tirelessly to secure Dumkele\u2019s conviction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 37-year-old Nigerian national, Onyeghani Ekene Dumkele, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Limpopo artist, Shaun-Doughlas Chabalala in South Africa. 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