A man from Clanwilliam, Western Cape, in the Boland has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Clanwilliam Regional Court for the attempted murder of his wife.
National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson, Eric Ntabazalila, says Niklaas Meyer stabbed his wife during a domestic dispute at their home on De Lille Farm in May 2025.
Ntabazalila says Meyer claimed that he attacked his wife out of anger because he suspected her of infidelity.
However, he pleaded not guilty and claimed self-defence.
The couple’s two children, who saw the attack, became the key witnesses and disputed his claims.
Ntabazalila says the victim, Louisa Meyer, died of natural causes before the trial started in March this year.
–Reporting by Vania van der Heever