Austin Reynold, SA Police man sentenced to 30 years for killing Nigerian

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The Policeman, Austin Reynold found guilty of killing a Nigerian Ebuka Okoli. As at the time of the incidence Ebuka Okoli was living in South Africa.

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24 years old Austin Reynold has been sentenced to 30 years in jail by a court for killing a Nigerian man living in that country.

The court sentenced the policeman on Monday, three days after he was found guilty of shooting the victim at close range and robbing him during an unauthorised raid on a community where Okoli resided, Durban

He was charged with one count of murder and three counts of robbery

Constable Reynold got 15 years on each count of robbery which will mostly run concurrently and 25 years for the count of murder.

Reynold was unlucky as his accomplice in the raid, Brinley Pallo, testified against him while giving his testimony before Judge Shyam Gyanda on Friday.

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