The two men convicted of killing a teenager in Coligny, North West, were denied leave to appeal their sentences in the North West High Court (Mmabatho) yesterday, but there are moves afoot to take the matter to the SCA (see report below). A News24 report notes that in March, the two were convicted of killing Matlhomola Moshoeu. In imposing an 18-year sentence on Pieter Doorewaard and 23-year sentence on Phillip Schutte, North West High Court Judge Ronnie Hendricks said the murder was not planned and not premeditated. He said the court found the incident happened as a result of dolus eventualis. Doorewaard and Schutte were found guilty of murder, kidnapping, intimidation, theft and pointing a firearm in November 2018. Sixteen-year-old Moshoeu died on 20 April 2017 after he was thrown from a moving vehicle. The men, however, claimed that he jumped from a vehicle while they were on their way to the police station with him after they caught him stealing sunflower heads at a farm.