Life for man who murdered girlfriend and threw her body parts into toilets

The Mthatha high court on Wednesday sentenced a 35-year-old man to life imprisonment for murdering his girlfriend.The court also sentenced Bantubenkosi Siqotyana to an additional three years for defeating the ends of justice by cutting up Nombeko Thobigunya’s body and throwing the pieces into multiple pit toilets to conceal the murder.Thobigunya was reported missing by her family on December 13 last year. She had last been seen in the company of Siqotyana 12 days earlier. “A human hand was discovered being eaten by a dog in the village of Thembeni in the district of Libode. “The…