JOHANNESBURG - Two former apartheid police officers will spend the new year behind bars after being denied bail.
The pair were found guilty of murdering student activist Caiphus Nyoka.
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Nyoka was shot and killed in his Daveyton home in 1987.
Abraham Engelbrecht and Pieter Stander were convicted last month and the state opposed their bail.
A third officer, Johan Marais pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment.
Sentencing for Engelbrecht and Stander will take place in July next year.