The Acting Provincial Commissioner of the Police in Limpopo, Major General Jan Scheepers welcomes the life term imprisonment sentence meted out by Tzaneen Magistrate’s Court to a 33-year-old male who fatally stabbed a 27-year-old male patron at a tavern in Kubjana village in May 2017.
It was established by the Court that on 07 May 2017, Barry Senyolo had an argument with one of the patrons at a tavern in Kubjana village and fatally stabbed Karabo Sewape with a sharp object.
A case docket of murder was subsequently opened and assigned to Detective Warrant Officer Masilo Selowa, who commenced investigations that led to the arrest of Barry Senyolo a few days later.
He was charged with murder and ultimately found guilty by the Tzaneen Magistrate’s Court and sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday, 07 May 2023.