DRUNK DRIVER SENTENCED TO 8 YEARS IMPRISONMENT.

Ruan Coen and his fiancée, 25-year-old Jessika Kennedy, were driving home when Andrew Malele smashed into their vehicle in December 2017.The Pretoria Regional Court on Thursday sentenced the drunk driver to eight years in prison after he was convicted on charges of culpable homicide. Malele made his first appearance in the dock last year.

Head of AfriForum’s private prosecution unit, Advocate Gerrie Nel, says the families of the victims approached them after the docket went missing. He added thatThis is simply unacceptable, but it is something the unit is seeing far too often in cases where it appears the accused person is being shielded from prosecution.