Overview

• Judge Brian Mashile announced the 25-year prison term at the Amtsgericht Kabokweni on September 25, 2025.
• The 38-year-old had been found guilty in November of murder, attempted armed robbery and illegal possession of a weapon.
• The victim, a 67-year-old man from Fulda, was shot during an attempted car robbery near the Kruger National Park entrance in autumn 2022.
• Two co-defendants were acquitted in mid-November after the court cited police procedural failures and insufficient evidence.
• The case has drawn attention to violent crime in South Africa, where police recorded 26,232 homicides in 2024, and to separate concerns about tourist safety highlighted by the ongoing Nick Frischke investigation.