Life sentence sought for George man who killed girlfriend while on parole for wife’s murder

THE State has asked the court to impose a life sentence on a George man for the murder of his girlfriend, just months after he was released on parole for his wife's murder.

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NPA spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila said the Western Cape High Court, sitting at the Eastern Circuit Local Division in George, was to sentence Johan Miana following his plea of guilty for the murder of his girlfriend, Maria Karen Ambraal.

Senior State Advocate John Reyneveld told the court that the accused was convicted for the murder of his wife and was sentenced to 17 years' direct imprisonment. He had served 10 years in jail when he was released on parole and met the 23-year-old deceased in July 2024.

They started a relationship, and she moved in with him.

Reyneveld submitted that the minimum sentence of life imprisonment is applicable as the couple was in a romantic relationship at the time, as if married and in terms of the Domestic Violence Act, amounts to a domestic relationship.