Sentenced in the UK

Two South Africans who overstayed their British visas were jailed for life this month for the murders of two men strangled during a series of violent muggings. Gabriel Bhengu (27) and Jabu Mbowane (26) will be deported to South Africa after serving life sentences. They were sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court. They lived in Wolverhampton and admitted mugging Andrew Owen and Neil Williams, but denied they intended to cause either man serious harm. Bhengu and Mbowane had entered Britain legally, but their visas had expired by the time they carried out the killings and five other robberies in April last year. They were convicted of murder and robbery following a five-week trial. A life sentence normally lasts 15 years.