Two German nationals, Jens Leunberg and Kristina Adler, were on Friday sentenced to 25 and 10 years' imprisonment respectively for fraud and the murder of fellow German national Claus Schroeder.
The two were arrested in July 2011 and the trial commenced in March 2015.
Malusi said that there were substantial and compelling circumstances in this case for the court to depart from the minimum sentence provisions. The couple approached Schroeder with false bank statements to buy his farm in Owvanuk, near Thornhill.On August 14 2009, Schroeder arrived at Owvanuk farm as he was concerned that more than a year had passed since the sale agreement was signed between the couples yet the R8.5m had not been transferred.
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