WESTERN CAPE – SAPS Management in the Western Cape welcomes the hefty sentence handed down to David Van Boven and his co accused Tasliem Ambrose following their conviction in the murder trial of Jesse Hess and her grandfather, Chris Lategan.
In August 2019, first year UWC student, Jesse (19) and her 85-year-old grandfather were murdered in their home in Beaumont Court, Parow. Two television sets, a cellular telephone and a laptop were stolen from the house. Hess was sexually assaulted before she was suffocated to death, while her grandfather was strangled.
An intensive investigation by our detectives revealed that Van Boven committed the murders and that Ambrose participated in the robbery at the victims’ home. During the trial, the duo turned on each other, revealing the gruesome details of what had transpired on the day of the heinous crime. The Western Cape High court found David Van Boven guilty on the two murder charges, two counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances, sexual assault and fraud while his accomplice Tasliem Ambrose was convicted for two counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances.
This morning David Van Boven was sentenced to two life imprisonment for murder, 40 years for the two counts of robbery, eight years for sexual assault and three years for fraud. The sentences will run concurrent with the life sentence.
Tasliem Ambrose was sentenced to twelve years imprisonment for two counts of robbery.
