The Limpopo High Court on Friday convicted and sentenced Rameez Patel of Nirvana, Polokwane, to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife, Fatima Choomara Patel, 28.
Patel, 38, was sentenced to an additional five years imprisonment for unlawful possession of a firearm and three years imprisonment for unlawful possession of ammunition. The court also declared the accused unfit to possess a firearm.
Patel pleaded not guilty when the trial commenced in 2016.
