Public Attorney Thubelihle Mpisi, 33, has been sentenced by the Gauteng Division of the High Court in Johannesburg.
Mpisi was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his girlfriend Mahlako Malebo Rabalo. He strangled the deceased before setting her body and vehicle alight to conceal the crime.
Mahlakoโs charred remains were found in her Mercedes-Benz near her home in Midrand.
Rabalao, an IT specialist, was about to turn 27 when she was killed. She had informed her family and friends of her intention to end the relationship and move out of the home she shared with the accused.