A Western Cape high court sentenced a man who murdered his former girlfriend, and their daughter to life imprisonment.
This is after Ryan Kyle Smith stabbed
Altecia Kortje and their daughter, Raynecia Kortje to death back in June 2020, in Delft.
Western Cape National
Prosecuting Authority spokesperson, Eric Ntabazalila said that this is a case
of femicide committed by a jealous, possessive and abusive boyfriend who could not take it when his partner ended their romantic
relationship.
"The High Court sentenced
Ryan Kyle Smith to an effective life imprisonment and declared him unfit to
work with children, unfit to possess a firearm, an order that has been entered
at the National Child Register”, said Ntabazalila.
During court proceedings the
court learned that the perpetrator had two children with the deceased, before
they broke up due to his drug abuse.
In his Judgement on Thursday,
he was given life imprisonment for Altecia’s murder, and 18 years for
Raynecia’s murder but ordered the sentences to run concurrently.
by Everngelista Muza
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