15 years for robbing, fleeing

A 37-YEAR-OLD man was sentenced to 15 years behind bars for robbery and escaping from custody, Gauteng police said yesterday.

Spokesperson Captain Xoli Mbele said William Buti Mohulatsi was sentenced by the Johannesburg Regional Court on Friday.

Mbele said the accused was appearing in the Johannesburg High Court for murder cases in August last year, when he stabbed a 37-year-old correctional services officer at the high court on the corner of Kruis and Pritchard streets.

“He took a cellphone and wallet off the officer, cuffed the officer and locked him inside the cell,” Mbele said.

“He ran out of the court and guards gave chase. Community members and JMPD officers caught the accused.” | African News Agency (ANA)