Ex-Nigerian athlete sentenced for life in South Africa
Ex-Nigerian Olympic athlete, Ambrose Monye, has been sentenced for life in South Africa. He was sentenced alongside Andre Gouws for the murder of Channelle Henning. They were sentenced at the North Guateng High Court in Pretoria on wednesday as reported by Streetjournal.
Both of them had previously denied for months before finally admitting to the murder of the 26-year old Channelle.
She was shot in Faerie Gen, in the east of the Pretoria on November 8, 2011 after dropping her son at a creche, during which time she and her husband Nick Henning were locked in a custody battle.
Back in 2011, Monye was acquitted of murder after he allegedly beat a man to death. The former athlete ran a security outfit, "Big Dog Security" but that wasn't sufficient to keep him off police radar for drug dealing.
In Lagos, an athletics official that worked with Monye while he was representing Nigeria told The PUNCH that the convict did not represent Nigera at Olympics as is widely reported in South Africa, as he only represented Nigeria in 400m at All Africa Games and never progressed to the Olympics.
Both of them had previously denied for months before finally admitting to the murder of the 26-year old Channelle.
She was shot in Faerie Gen, in the east of the Pretoria on November 8, 2011 after dropping her son at a creche, during which time she and her husband Nick Henning were locked in a custody battle.
Back in 2011, Monye was acquitted of murder after he allegedly beat a man to death. The former athlete ran a security outfit, "Big Dog Security" but that wasn't sufficient to keep him off police radar for drug dealing.
In Lagos, an athletics official that worked with Monye while he was representing Nigeria told The PUNCH that the convict did not represent Nigera at Olympics as is widely reported in South Africa, as he only represented Nigeria in 400m at All Africa Games and never progressed to the Olympics.
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