A KwaZulu Natal teenager pleaded guilty to killing a teacher has been sentenced to 17 years behind bars.
Lungisile Tammara Nzama was murdered on October 15, last year.
The murder incident took place in the Nhlangakazi area in the district of Ndwedwe.
In September, the teenager who cannot be identified because he is a minor, told the court how he and a friend killed Nzama, stole her car and planned to dispose of her body.
Their plans were thwarted whenon route to dispose of the body, which they had in the boot, their car broke down.
Both friends fled the scene leaving the body there and were later arrested.
This week Pietermaritzburg High Court Judge Bezuidenhout AJ sentenced the teenager t o 17 years for murder, 15 years for robbery with aggravating circumstance and 8 years for housebreaking.
All sentences will run concurrently.
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