{"id":393,"date":"2018-10-04T14:30:57","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T12:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.informante.co.za\/?p=393"},"modified":"2019-01-22T07:26:29","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T05:26:29","slug":"woman-slayer-not-remorseful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=393","title":{"rendered":"WOMAN SLAYER NOT REMORSEFUL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A CONVICTED murderer who in 2015 fatally assaulted and stabbed 40-year-old Cathy Gatone after a drinking spree<br \/>\nwith her friends, has refused to apologise for the murder, and is instead lodging an appeal against his conviction.<\/p>\n<p>Gatone\u2019s mother, Rachel, 71, testi\u00adfied in aggravation before sentencing on Wednesday that Elwen<br \/>\nGanaxab, 39, to date has not apologised to her family, nor has he contributed<br \/>\ntowards the funeral. During trial, it emerged that on 18 August 2015, Gatone<br \/>\nand her other two friends went drinking at a bar in Otjomuise, where they met<br \/>\nGanaxab.Ganaxab reportedly bought drinks for the women expecting them to have sexual intercourse with him<br \/>\nafterwards. After they refused to leave with him to a hotel that he of\u00adfered to<br \/>\npay for, Ganaxab, who was then employed by the Ministry of Environment, charged<br \/>\nat the women with a broken bottle. He reportedly stabbed and cut open Gatone\u2019s<br \/>\nstom\u00adach, leaving her intestines exposed. As she lay on the ground, he took a<br \/>\nstone and smashed her head in, killing her instantly.<\/p>\n<p>Her mother told the court that Gatone\u2019s two children, aged 15 and 19, have been sent to boarding<br \/>\nschool following the death of their mother. At her funeral, Rachel said,<br \/>\nGatone\u2019s face was not viewed by family and friends because of the brutal and<br \/>\nvicious manner she was killed. She pleaded with the court to permanently remove<br \/>\nGanaxab from society as he is still a threat to her daughter\u2019s surviving<br \/>\nfriends.<\/p>\n<p>During mitigation, Ganaxab did not offer to testify but instead had his lawyer, Mbanga Siyomdji<br \/>\nsubmit written documents, in which he stat\u00aded that he had three children and<br \/>\nhas been married for 16 years. He also asked for mercy in sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>State Advocate Cliff Lutibezi, however, said that the mitigating factors should have no effect<br \/>\non sen\u00adtencing because of the seriousness of the offence.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHe is a dangerous<br \/>\nper\u00adson. There was no chance of survival because of the manner in which he<br \/>\ncrushed her head. His behaviour on that day was so irrational. We, there\u00adfore,<br \/>\nseek for life imprisonment for murder and six years for the assault charge,\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Lutibezi said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Informant\u00e9 on the side, Ganaxab said he will not apol\u00adogise for something he did not do.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThere were so many people at the bar that night. I could have been with anyone else. Surveillance cam\u00aderas can prove<br \/>\nit. I am innocent and therefore I will appeal my convic\u00adtion,\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ganaxab said.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Alfred Siboleka postponed the matter to 17 October for sen\u00adtencing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A CONVICTED murderer who in 2015 fatally assaulted and stabbed 40-year-old Cathy Gatone after a drinking spree with her friends, has refused to apologise for the murder, and is instead lodging an appeal against his conviction. 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