The High Court of South Africa, Free State Division has sentenced 31-year-old Teboho Abram Mokoena to life imprisonment for k;ll;ng his mother, Modiehi Anna Khodumo (65), and eating her body.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson, Free State Division, Phaladi Shuping, in a statement on Monday, October 23, 2023, said Judge Joseph Mhlambi also slapped Mokoena with a 5-year imprisonment for st@bbing his father, Motsumi Joseph Mokoena, with a knife several times when he tried to reprimand him.
Mokoena was further handed 12 months imprisonment for malicious damage to property.
The incident occurred on June 7, 2022, when Mokoena’s father went to his mother’s house looking for her. He found Mokoena in the garage packing her remains in a plastic bag. When Mokoena’s father tried to inquire about what was happening, Mokoena st@bbed him several times.
The police were called to the house and made a gruesome discovery when they found a grinder as well as human remains which had been cụt into pieces in the garage. It was believed that Mokoena’s mother was killed between June 5 and June 7, 2022.
Mokoena had a tumultuous relationship with his parents because of his alleged use of drugs and demanding money from his mother.
In aggravation, the State Prosecutor presented three victim impact statements (VIS) to the court. The VIS were from Mokoena’s mother’s daughter, brother, and ex-husband.
The daughter stated that she could not perform at university and had to repeat a semester because of the incident. The ex-husband said that his son took away the most innocent soul who was not only a pillar of strength to the family but to the community.
