221:. On 9 August 1999 Eletise Vitale pled guilty to murder and was sentenced to death; his sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment. Vitale senior and Toi were convicted of assassination in April 2000, and their death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment in May 2000. The assassination was motivated by corruption, as the Public Works portfolio was a lucrative source of bribes.
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