Johannesburg - Lindray Khakhu was sentenced on Friday to life in prison for the murder of Westbury toddler Luke Tibbetts.
Earlier, Tibbetts's uncle Lewellyn Valentine could not hold back his tears on Friday as he described how the 3-year-old boy's death had affected the family.
"It has left my family shattered," he told the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg, sitting in Palm Ridge, during arguments in aggravation of sentence.