Daily Sun (October 9 2014) - FIRST IT was murder, now it's culpable homicide. Instead of 20 years, the sentence is now eight years.
JUB JUB AND THEMBA TSHABALALA MAY BE BACK ON THE STREETS IN TWO YEARS' TIME!
Judge George Maluleke said: "There can be no suggestion that the appellants had the foresight that their escapade could result in death and serious injury."
But yesterday an aunt of one of the dead boys said: "We are more than disappointed. What makes matters worse is that we only found about it in the media."
The woman, who did not want to be named, said the long sentence would not bring back their children but it gave them some comfort that the killers would be behind bars for a long time. "Now they will be walking the streets soon. We are very sad but God will help us through this," she said.
Edwin Masemola, Phomello‘s father, said they had decided to accept the decision.