▁A frika ". ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 2 ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁ 2 9 - year - old ▁Chris ▁M ahl angu ▁was ▁found ▁guilty ▁of ▁the ▁murder ▁and ▁sent enced ▁to ▁life ▁in ▁prison . ▁ 1 8 - year - old ▁Patrick ▁N d lov u , ▁the ▁other ▁man ▁accused ▁in ▁the ▁case , ▁was ▁acqu itted ▁of ▁murder ▁due ▁to ▁a ▁lack ▁of ▁for ens ic ▁evidence , ▁though ▁he ▁was ▁found ▁guilty ▁of ▁breaking - in . ▁They ▁had ▁both ▁ple aded ▁not ▁guilty , ▁and ▁decl ined ▁to ▁test ify . ▁Protest ers ▁from ▁both ▁sides ▁were ▁gathered ▁outside ▁the ▁cour th ouse ▁when ▁the ▁ver dict ▁was ▁read . ▁Judge ▁John ▁Horn ▁ruled ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁evidence ▁that ▁M ahl angu ▁had ▁been ▁acting ▁in ▁self - def ence , ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁murder ▁had ▁been ▁committed ▁for ▁financial ▁reasons . ▁Although ▁M ahl angu ▁claimed ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁ra ped , ▁Horn ▁declared ▁that ▁if ▁that ▁was ▁the ▁case ▁he ▁should ▁have ▁raised ▁it ▁immediately , ▁which ▁he ▁failed ▁to ▁do . ▁He ▁also ▁claimed ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁acting ▁in ▁ret ali ation ▁because ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁living ▁in ▁an ▁" app alling ▁condition ... ▁not ▁fit ▁for ▁human ▁habit ation ," ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁having ▁experienced ▁child ▁explo itation ▁on ▁the ▁farm . ▁ ▁In ▁popular ▁culture ▁In ▁Harry ▁T urt led ove ' s ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁science ▁fiction ▁novel ▁The ▁G uns ▁of