JOHANNESBURG - Bellarmine Mugabe and co-accused Tobias Matonhodze briefly appeared in court after pleading guilty to several charges.
The two pleaded guilty last week to the attempted murder of an employee, Sipho Mahlangu, who was shot twice in the back.
Mahlangu has been awarded R400,000 in compensation. He has already received R250,000.
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The State is arguing for direct imprisonment, saying the accused have refused to reveal where the firearm used in the attack is.
For Mugabe, the State is seeking a total of two years’ imprisonment on firearm and immigration-related charges.
For Matonhodze, the State is asking for a combined sentence of five years for attempted murder and firearms offences.
The matter has been postponed to 29 April for sentencing.