Fannie Seribishane who was convicted for killing his wife was on Wednesday, June 10 sentenced to life imprisonment at the Polokwane High Court.
The 58-year old had his sentenced reserved after he was found guilty on February 12, and his sentencing was supposed to have taken place on April 15 but only to be postponed to June 10 by Judge Kerin Pillay.
Seribishane was found guilty after the State proved beyond reasonable doubt that he was responsible for the murder of his 52-year-old wife, Mumsy Seribishane, a nurse at Lebowakgomo Hospital.
The tragic incident occurred at the hospital gate as the deceased was arriving for her night shift.
The accused faced the following charges:
Count 1: Murder
Count 2: Contravention of a Protection Order
Count 3: Unlawful Possession of a Firearm
Count 4: Unlawful Possession of Ammunition
Pillay found Seribishane guilty on all counts, concluding that the State had presented a strong and convincing case.
According to court proceedings, on October 22, 2024, at approximately 6pm,
Mumsy Seribishane was shot and killed near the hospital gate while reporting for duty. Mumsy is said to have filed a divorce papers a year before she was brutally killed.
The suspect fled the scene in a white VW Golf 7.
A case was initially opened at South African Police Service Lebowakgomo and later transferred to the provincial office, where it was assigned to Captain Phaladi Makola for further investigation.
On November 13, 2024, members of the Provincial Tracking Team and the Provincial Investigation Unit (PIU) arrested the accused in Lebowakgomo.
During the arrest, police seized a 9mm pistol that had previously been reported stolen in Seshego, along with a white VW Golf 7 believed to have been used in the commission of the crime.
Further ballistic investigations positively linked the recovered firearm to the murder.
