Sighs of relief and fist pumping were on full display from the gallery in the Makhanda high court on Wednesday as Lunga Nqayi was sentenced to life imprisonment for the premeditated murder of Eastern Cape businesswoman Nokwanda Patocka. Nqayi, 47, a former bakery driver, who was convicted of the murder on Tuesday by judge Tembekile Malusi, was further sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, to run concurrently.