‘Bees’ Roux shakes off murder case
After the case was delayed for hours on Thursday and most of Friday, the defence and State finally came back to court shortly after 4pm with a plea bargain agreement.
Judge Nomonde Mngqibisa-Thusi sentenced Roux, in accordance with the plea agreement, to five years imprisonment suspended for five years.
The suspension was on condition that he paid the widow of Metro police officer Sergeant Ntshimane Johannes Mogale, who he killed, R750,000 and that he was not convicted again of a violent crime.
If he was, he would receive a sentence of direct imprisonment.
Roux was charged with the murder after allegedly beating Mogale, 38, to death in August last year.
The incident took place after Mogale apparently pulled Roux over for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol.
Roux said in an affidavit placed before court during his bail application he had assaulted Mogale while defending himself against theft and attempted robbery by Mogale and would plead not guilty to a murder charge.
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