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Farmworkers Pieter Doorewaard and Phillip Schutte were acquitted.
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- Matlhomola’s family murdered Moshoeu He is dismayed by the acquittal of two men who were previously convicted of his murder.
- His father, Sakkie Dingake, told eNCA on Monday that the Supreme Court of Appeals decision last week to acquit Pieter Doorewaard and Phillip Schutte is hurting him.
- Last week, the SCA overturned the conviction and sentence imposed on the two men, finding them not guilty of the murder of the teenager.
The family of the murdered Matlhomola Moshoeu is shocked by the acquittal of two men who were previously convicted of his murder.
Moshoeu’s father, Sakkie Dingake, told eNCA on Monday that the Supreme Court of Appeals’ decision last week to acquit Pieter Doorewaard and Phillip Schutte hurt him.
The court found that Doorewaard and Schutte were not guilty of the murder of 16-year-old Moshoeu, and overturned their convictions and sentence.
The SCA also found that the State failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Dingake said she misses her son and felt the pain of knowing she would never see him again.
“My son is gone and he will not come back. They (Doorewaard and Schutte) are having fun with their children. Every time I have a meal, I miss my son while they enjoy their meals with their children,” she told the announcer. .
It has failed
He felt that the law had failed him.
“We only hear on the news that they are free. If I didn’t have a radio, I would not have heard of its outcome,” Dingake said.
Moshoeu died on April 20, 2017 in Coligny, Northwest.
Doorewaard and Schutte were later convicted by Judge Ronnie Hendricks in Northwest Superior Court.
Hendricks sentenced Doorewaard to 18 effective years and Schutte was sentenced to 20 years in jail.
The men then questioned their convictions and sentences.
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