{"id":48937,"date":"2021-04-22T11:52:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T09:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/rocklands-life-sentence-for-murderer-20210421-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:32:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T07:32:00","slug":"rocklands-life-sentence-for-murderer-20210421-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/rocklands-life-sentence-for-murderer-20210421-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocklands: Life sentence for murderer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_0830e063\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sentence\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9833\/99d91eec957f4e6d96d4a2c6eefd2530.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9833\/f1ad6388c352454ead140194e3fa5bcf.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/figure><div class=\"slide\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>MURDERER Ralton Koetaan (34) from Tiryville was sentenced in the Gqeberha High Court for the murder and robbery of Jean Lombaard (67) at his smallholding in Rocklands on 26 April 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Koetaan was found guilty in February 2021 and received the following sentence last week: murder \u2013 life imprisonment, aggravated robbery \u2013 15 years imprisonment, unlawful possession of a firearm \u2013 15 years, unlawful possession of ammunition \u2013 3 years and theft \u2013 3 years imprisonment. 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