Life in prison for black torturer, rapist, murderer of Kei Mouth newspaper editor Anne Roebert, 75

'I burnt her until she did not have the energy to talk anymore... then she fell off the bed and died...' testified the black murderer of the local newspaper editor of Kei Mouth, Anne (Annemarie) Roebert, 75: ----------- "The White Community Will Now Fear Young Black People," commented local youth Luzuko Patluko just after the murder -- interviewed outside the killers' house (on video by Daily Dispatch's journalist Poppie Louw:) VIMEO: http://vimeo.com/50292002 -- Entire story with links to original reports on: http://www.censorbugbear.org/farmitracker/reports/view/1481 --------------------- -------------- Murderer rapist Ntshabalalala gets life in prison: tortured to death Kei Mouth paper editor Anne (Annemarie) Roebert, 75: Sept 20 2012 --------------------- she edited: http://www.keimouth.co.za/information/kei-mouth-news.htm ----------------------- Daily Dispatch Grahamstown court, August 28 2013 - In his plea, Ntshabalala describes how he and his co-accused Zukisani Tulani – who has pleaded not guilty to the rape and murder and is tried seperately – broke into the home of the popular 75-year-old Dutch-born woman in Donax Street, Kei Mouth, "because they knew she had a safe". --------- (*how did they know that? They had never met her before.) -------------- They tied her up with an electrical extension cord and demanded the keys to the safe. Roebert told them she thought the keys might be in her bag, says Ntshabala in his statement. ------ But none of the keys in this bunch fit the safe. The elderly white lady then referred them to another set of keys in a bag downstairs. These, too, did not open the safe. They decided to rape her to make her “speak the truth”. After both men had raped her, she told them the keys were somewhere in the house. He said he had then fetched an iron from downstairs and plugged it in and had begun burning her with it on her stomach. He said Tulani had repeatedly strangled her with the cord. “I burnt her until she said she does not have the energy to talk anymore.” She had then fallen from the bed and died. They ransacked the house.They split their booty and returned to their separate homes where they were later arrested by police. -------- "Complete disregard for the right to life, dignity, privacy, security and property" ----------------- Ntshabalala pleaded guilty (he was out on parole when he murdered her). Tulani pleaded not guilty to the charges, so Judge Nomathamsanqa Beshe separated their trials. Tulani’s trial begins today. In sentencing Ntshabalala, Beshe said his callous crimes showed a complete disregard for the right to life, dignity, privacy, security and property. She said it was clear Roebert had suffered a great deal at his hands and that they had used rape as a means of torturing her before burning her with a hot electrical iron. They did not have to use violence to the degree that they did or at all. “What resistance would a 75-year-old woman offer to two young men in their twenties?” She sentenced Ntshabalala to life for both the rape and the murder. He was sentenced to a further 10 years for housebreaking with intent to rob, rape and murder and 18 years for robbery with aggravating circumstances. The sentences will run concurrently. Senior state advocate Nico Henning yesterday told the court he had been prosecuting for many years and had never come across such a degree of torture. Mtini acknowledged there was little she could say for her client in mitigation. “[Mrs Roebert] was an elderly woman who should have been allowed to enjoy the peace of her home.” Roebert’s family and friends sat in the public gallery. Bev Roebert said her mother-in-law had been a remarkable woman and was much loved in Kei Mouth. She had edited the local newspaper and was deeply involved at the golf club. “She was the life and soul of Kei Mouth. This is a peace-loving community with many pensioners and widows. They are so traumatised by this.” Ntshabalala – who has a long rap-sheet spanning a decade, was out on parole for housebreaking when he raped and murdered Roebert. He turns 27 this weekend – the first of many birthdays he will spend in prison. -------------------------- *please note: earlier reports of her murder misspelt her surname as 'Robert.' Sapa http://www.thepost.co.za/man-gets-two-life-terms-for-rape-murder-1.1568580#.Uh36qX-NB1o =============================== First report of arrest and murder misspelt her name: " Two men appear in court for murdering an elderly woman in Kei Mouth Written by: Derrick Spies Published: Friday, September 28, 2012 Two men have briefly appeared for the murder of an elderly woman in Kei Mouth last week. Police spokesman Lt Col Sibongile Soci, said Siyabonga Ntshabalala, 26 and Zukisani Tulani, 24 appeared briefly in the Kei Mouth Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, facing charges of murder.The two were arrested by Kei Mouth Detectives in Culu Township, the day after the murder of 75-year-old Anne Robert, in Kei Mouth last week Thursday. It is alleged that the two men broke into Robert's home, where she apparently lived alone, tied her hands behind her back with a cable and later murdered her. “The motive for the murder forms part of the investigation which is currently underway,” said Soci. Soci said more charges were likely to be added against the two men. They have been remanded in custody and will appear in court on the 3 October 2012. http://www.metronewspaper.co.za/2012/09/28/two-men-appear-in-court-for-murdering-an-elderly-woman-in-kei-mouth/