A former Mpumalanga police officer, Mugiyo Ulrich Mabunda, who killed his wife and turned the gun on himself, but survived, has been handed a life sentence

A former Mpumalanga police officer who killed his wife and turned the gun on himself, but survived, has been handed a life sentence.

Mugiyo Ulrich Mabunda, 44, shot his wife on 14 May 2020 at their home in Stonehenge, Mbombela, and was sentenced in the Mpumalanga High Court in Mbombela on Friday.