The Director of Public Prosecutions: Gauteng Division, Pretoria v Portia Thulisile Tsotetsi (170/2017) [2017] ZASCA 083 (02 June 2017)
Sentence: premeditated murder: prescribed minimum sentence: in terms of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 105 of 1997: what constitutes substantial and compelling circumstances: effect of failing to take into account certain aggravating factors: prescribed sentence not to be lightly deviated from: to be imposed if it is not disproportionate to the crime, the criminal and the needs of society.
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