• Tweet

RELATED ARTICLES

• Love triangle death
• Murder suspects abandon bail bid
• Panga-wielding lover slain by ex-girlfriend's brothers
• Khoza identified in police line-up
• Wife admits to cop's murder
• 'Killer mum' remanded in custody
• Bail bid by jailed killer taxi driver
• 'It still works' - Man with 3-inch scar on his penis
• Teen who gouged out girl's eye to be assessed in hospital
• Eastern Cape man falls asleep after rape
• Sars official testifies in gold case

Turning to relatives of his victims attending his trial in the High Court in Pretoria, former tracing unit policeman Nnkatji Johannes Moteane asked the Ntuli family to forgive him for the grief he had caused.

Moteane would be sentenced on Friday.

“I love Yvonne (Ntuli, his girlfriend). What I did was not intentional,” Moteane said in court.

He was earlier found guilty on a charge of murder and three of attempted murder after admitting that in March last year he shot Yvonne Ntuli, her mother Martha, their four-year-old son Mfundu, and his son’s nine-year-old cousin Boy Boy.

Martha Ntuli was shot three times and died on the scene. The three others were hospitalised with multiple gunshot wounds.

He shot Yvonne nine times.

A social worker, Annette Vergeer, told the court on Wednesday that Moteane had been in a relationship with Ntuli since she was 13.

“She still visited him in jail and felt responsible for what had happened this day,” Vergeer said.

This was despite the fact that he had shot their son in the head and that she had partially lost the use of her one hand.

She is still receiving treatment.

Moteane said in his plea explanation that he and Yvonne had a volatile relationship.

He suspected her of being unfaithful and was distressed because she went out drinking and neglected her duties as a mother.

On the day of the crimes, he saw another man leaving her house.

He lost his temper when Yvonne made him wait outside and her mother ordered him to leave the house.

According to Moteane, he then emptied his service pistol into the four before turning the gun on himself, only to find it was empty. Relatives stopped him from committing suicide when he went home to fetch another magazine.

Vergeer testified that Moteane came from a stable family, was a hard working father and had never before showed signs of violence.

She said the stress of his job and the volatile nature of his relationship contributed to his behaviour that day.

Martha Ntuli’s sister Lizzie testified she found it difficult to forgive Moteane as she was still angry about what he had done, as he never expressed remorse.

Moteane’s lawyer Piet Pistorius argued the court should not break Moteane by sending him to prison for too long.

He said Moteane had not planned the attack, but simply had enough of life on that day.

Moteane now wished he could turn back the clock so that he could have reacted differently.

Prosecutor Jennifer Cronje argued Ntuli was no ordinary man on the street, but a trained police officer who had cold-bloodedly shot four people because he was angry. She urged the court to jail Moteane for at least 20 years.

Comments

• Sign in or sign up to comment

Mon May 20 20:23:00 SAST 2013 ::

Jun 14, 2012

BaleliM

Emptied the magazine in 4 innocent lives and he now turns around to say it was not intentional. What a load of BS.
Let someone empty a magazine in him and if and when he survives, let that person say sorry and see if he can forgive. Pathetic whimp who can not handle his emotions
Report Abuse

Jun 14, 2012

malemaforpresident

shoot yourself in the mouth ftsheek mareete stupit
Report Abuse

Jun 14, 2012

Deredeemed

He said Moteane had not planned the attack, but simply had enough of life on that day. .
..Was it too Hard for him to just go home and sleep it off?

Moteane now wished he could turn back the clock so that he could have reacted differently....
The Sad thing about acting out of anger is that when you bcome sober from the anger you often regret your actions

Prosecutor Jennifer Cronje argued Ntuli was no ordinary man on the street, but a trained police officer who had cold-bloodedly shot four people because he was angry. She urged the court to jail Moteane for at least 20 years.
Why is it that our police officers use their weapons to destroy life when they are trained to protect ?

As a person I feel for him...
Report Abuse

Jun 14, 2012

NewKidOnTheBlock

What is wrong with the mother's in laws interfering in their children's relationships? It sounds like Yvonne's mother's interferens has led to this tragedy.
Report Abuse

Jun 14, 2012

MISSTY!!!

Moteane now wished he could turn back the clock so that he could have reacted differently
____________________________________________________________________________

turning back the clock is not possible,deal with the consequences...NXA...
Report Abuse

Jun 14, 2012

Mphokolodi02

Stupid arss hole
Report Abuse

Jun 14, 2012

BOSSOKEMANGG

This is bad, he should have just walked away. Why can't people accept when they are not wanted anymore...
Report Abuse

Jun 14, 2012

takoskonvict

mothers in laws teach their daughters to provoke and drain the hell out of us men.
Report Abuse

Jun 14, 2012

Little_Dude

We won't judge you but GOD will. Anger management for such re-action wont rehabilitate this man. 80% of such cases is a man who was humble and honest to their wives.


Report Abuse

Jun 14, 2012

Mecury

ja neh but i also feel for him even though what he did cant be justified.ladies u shud learn from this stories
Report Abuse

Read all 12 comments