Pretoria-based police sergeant Kate Lindiwe Hlongwane, has been sentenced for the brutal murder of her husband. A Gauteng police officer has been sentenced to 17 years’ direct imprisonment for the murder of her husband in Soshanguve. The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria sentencedpolice Sergeant Kate Lindiwe Hlongwane, 47, of the premeditated murder of her husband, Russel Hlongwane, 40, who was also the father of their three children.
Hlongwane was based at the Dube police station in Pretoria, under the visible policing unit. According to Gauteng regional spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Lumka Mahanjana, evidence presented in court showed that on January 27, 2024, Hlongwane visited a sangoma in Soshanguve IN Block JJ. “Her husband was alerted by the vehicle tracker that the family car was in a high-risk area.
He then drove to the location and found Hlongwane consulting with the sangoma,” said Mahanjana. “He instructed her to return home, and they each drove back in separate vehicles to their residence in Soshanguve Extension 7.” Later that night, when Russel arrived home, he confronted his wife about the visit to the sangoma, and an argument ensued. Russel told Kate that he would take her to his parents’ house so that she would “learn discipline”.
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The couple began loading Kate’s clothes into their vehicle and drove off together. A few minutes later, in the early hours of the morning, the couple returned home, where Hlongwane shot her husband several times with her service pistol. Upon hearing the car return and gunshots soon after, the family’s domestic worker went outside to investigate.
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