Correctional supervision recommended for Burry Stander killer

The taxi driver responsible for the death of mountain biker Burry Stander will be sentenced in July.

The Port Shepstone Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday adjourned sentencing to July 1 after hearing arguments from state and defence.

Correctional services official Skhumbuzo Dladla told the court that Njabulo Nyawose‚ who has been convicted of culpable homicide‚ was a suitable candidate for correctional supervision as opposed to direct imprisonment.

Stander‚ 25‚ was killed while cycling in Shelly Beach in KwaZulu-Natal in January 2013. Stander competed in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games and narrowly missed a medal a year before his death. He was the under-23 men’s cross-country champion of the 2009 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup and came third in the mountain bike world championships in Canada in 2010.

RDM News Wire.