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Man Jailed for Male Model Luke Harden's 'Cowardly' Murder
The 27-year-old was convicted after a jury found he punched and stamped on Luke Harden, who died from blunt force trauma, police said.
- On Monday, Bhekisani Matabiswana was sentenced to life imprisonment at Preston Crown Court for murdering 37-year-old model Luke Harden, with a minimum term of 16 years and six months before parole eligibility.
- The attack occurred on November 1 last year after both men left a Halloween party in Stacksteads; Matabiswana brutally assaulted Harden, causing fatal blunt force trauma to the head and neck.
- Judge Robert Altham rejected Matabiswana's self-defense claims, stating Harden's life was 'full of promise and hope and you brought that life to an end,' and noting the killer fractured his jaw in two places.
- After the assault, Matabiswana did not call 999 but instead attempted to flee to South Africa, arrested at Manchester Airport two days later; Luke's girlfriend said, 'You have ruined not only Luke's life but mine too.'
- Det Insp Pete MacDonald of Lancashire Police described the attack as 'frenzied and cowardly,' and due to time on remand, Matabiswana's sentence was reduced to 15 years and 353 days.
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