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| Mugging killers jailed for life | Mugging killers jailed for life |
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| Two men who murdered two of their mugging victims in separate robberies have been jailed for at least 30 years. | |
| South Africans Gabriel Benghu, 27, and Jabu Mbowane, 26, both of Court Road, Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, were also found guilty of seven robberies. | South Africans Gabriel Benghu, 27, and Jabu Mbowane, 26, both of Court Road, Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, were also found guilty of seven robberies. |
| Neil Williams, 41, died in Telford, Shropshire, and Andrew Owen, 42, died in Sedgley, West Midlands last April. | Neil Williams, 41, died in Telford, Shropshire, and Andrew Owen, 42, died in Sedgley, West Midlands last April. |
| The judge at Wolverhampton Crown Court also recommended the men be deported after serving their life sentences. | The judge at Wolverhampton Crown Court also recommended the men be deported after serving their life sentences. |
| Passing sentence, Mr Justice Goldring said he was satisfied the two men chose their victims because they perceived them to be in some way vulnerable. | |
| Mr Williams and Mr Owen were killed within a 10- day period in April 2007. | |
| Neil Williams and Andrew Owen were mugged near their homes | |
| Both men were walking home from a night out at their local pubs when they were grabbed around the neck and robbed. | |
| Benghu and Mbowane had admitted mugging the two men, who were attacked near their homes, but denied intending the kill them. | |
| Benghu was found guilty of two counts of murder and Mbowane of one count of murder. | |
| A third defendant, Kashia Allen, 22, of Crosby Close, Wolverhampton, was cleared of murdering Mr Owen but found guilty of his manslaughter and of seven robberies. | |
| The men will be sentenced later, after the judge ordered reports to be compiled. | |
| Benghu and Mbowane are known to have entered the UK legally, but their visas had expired by the time of the murders and other muggings. |