{"id":74506,"date":"2017-10-27T12:37:04","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T10:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=74506"},"modified":"2017-10-30T19:39:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T17:39:50","slug":"coffin-duo-gets-hefty-senctence-slapped-summons-appear-equality-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/10\/27\/coffin-duo-gets-hefty-senctence-slapped-summons-appear-equality-court\/","title":{"rendered":"#CoffinAssault duo gets hefty sentence, slapped with summons to appear in Equality Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Judge Sheila Mphahlele sentenced Willem Oosthuyzen to an effective 11 years in prison and his co-accused Theo Jackson to 14 years behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>In August the pair were found guilty of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm\u201a attempted murder\u201a intimidation and kidnapping.<\/p>\n<p>The court heard the men had infringed on the victims&#8217;,\u00a0Delton Sithole and Victor Mlotshwa human rights and showed little remorse for the crime.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/59882\/coffin-video-leads-to-criminal-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\">Coffin video leads to criminal charges<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the sentence was handed down, state prosecutor advocate Robert Molokoane applied for a limit to be placed on when the accused could apply for parole or correctional supervision. The court denied the application.<\/p>\n<p>Thereafter defence advocates Wanye Gibbs and Org Basson brought an application for leave to appeal.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Mpahlele is expected to make her decision shortly.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We welcome the sentences handed down on the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/CoffinAssault?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CoffinAssault<\/a> culprits who were respectively sentenced to 11 &amp; 14 years direct imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ambassador Nathi Mthethwa (@NathiMthethwaSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NathiMthethwaSA\/status\/923821887733616640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to a source known to the Middelburg Observer, both Oosthuyzen and Jackson were served with a summons to appear in the Equality Court.<\/p>\n<p>The two victims, Sithole and Mlotshwa both required to receive a written apology as well as compensation from the coffin assault duo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How are these people getting the same amount of life sentencing as rapist and some people who murder women I can&#39;t understand <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/CoffinAssault?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CoffinAssault<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iuPzUqeCqv\">pic.twitter.com\/iuPzUqeCqv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andile (@Andile_Shoz) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Andile_Shoz\/status\/923866734188253184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delton Sithole and Victor Mlotshwa are expected to receive a written apology as well as compensation from Willem Oosthuyzen and Theo Jackson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5031,"featured_media":74486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Jana Boshoff","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[5864,6029,5875,21966,21990,8428,8606,5960,5998],"class_list":["post-74506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-coffin","tag-coffin-assault","tag-coffin-case","tag-middelburg","tag-mpumalanga","tag-robert-molokoane","tag-sheila-mphahlele","tag-theo-jackson","tag-willem-oosthuyzen"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["coffin","coffin assault","coffin case","middelburg","Mpumalanga","robert molokoane","sheila mphahlele","theo jackson","Willem Oosthuyzen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5031"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}