Maarohanye is one of South
Africa's best-known musicians
South
African rapper Molemo "Jub Jub" Maarohanye has been sentenced to 25
years in prison for the murder of four school children during a car crash.
Magistrate
Brian Nemavhidi had convicted him in October of racing on a public road and
driving under the influence of drugs in Soweto in 2010.
Relatives
of the children wept as the magistrate handed down the sentence.
Until
the crash Maarohanye was one of South Africa's most popular musicians.
His
co-accused, Themba Tshabalala, was also sentenced to 25 years in prison.
They
were allegedly drag-racing when their vehicles crashed into a group of
schoolchildren, killing four and injuring two others.
They
had pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The
court ruled that Maarohanye and Tshabalala were on cocaine and morphine when
the accident happened.
Source:
BBC News
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