The 21-year-old student was kidnapped at the Potchefstroom campus and held for three days before her boyfriend tied her up and burned her alive.Tinyiko Baloyi has been sentenced to life imprisonment and an extra 10 years imprisonment for the kidnapping and murder of Karabo Maluleke.
National Prosecuting Authority regional spokesperson in Gauteng, Phindi Mjonondwane explained that in response, Baloyi abducted 21-year-old Maluleke and burned her alive.“On 27 May 2023, Baloyi kidnapped Maluleke from the NWU, Potchefstroom campus after suspecting that she was in another relationship,” Mjonondwane said.
After killing the 21-year-old student, he returned the vehicle to the rental company. In his attempt to skip town, he exchanged his phone for money at a taxi rank before fleeing to his home in Giyani, in Limpopo, where he was eventually apprehended.Baloyi pleaded guilty and testified in mitigation of sentence, citing that he cooperated with the law. He also said that he contributed to Maluleke’s well-being, including tuition fee payments and the provision of a laptop.
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