Two men jailed for life for 'disturbing' murder of 'generous man' in Adelaide's CBD over two years ago
Ngor Bol was killed in a stabbing on April 25, 2022. (Facebook)
In short:
Two men have been sentenced to life in jail after being found guilty of murdering 25-year-old Ngor Bol in the Adelaide CBD in 2022.
Mr Bol's family say they are still suffering but are relieved that justice has been served.
What's next?
The killers will not be eligible for parole for at least 24 years.
Two men have been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 25-year-old Ngor Bol in the Adelaide CBD in the early hours of Anzac Day in 2022.
Thocrial Agoth, 24, who can be named for the first time, was charged with the murder alongside a 20-year-old man — who still cannot be named for legal reasons.
Agoth was handed a non-parole period of 24 years and the 20-year-old was handed a non-parole period of 26 years.
In August, a Supreme Court jury found the pair guilty following a trial that spanned more than a month.
Mr Bol was stabbed to death on North Terrace after being chased through the city.
The chase, which was captured on CCTV, ended near the University of South Australia (UniSA) city west campus, where two witnesses saw Mr Bol being stabbed repeatedly by one of the men and stomped on the head by the other.
Thocrial Agoth, 24, is one of two men found guilty of the murder of Ngor Bol. (Supplied)
In sentencing on Friday, Supreme Court Justice Adam Kimber referred to the murder as "disturbing" and said the offenders had "changed lives forever".
"It's disturbing that any person, let alone a youth, could repeatedly stab a person on the ground who is posing no threat," he said.
"You have changed lives forever. People are broken and devastated."
Justice Kimber said the pair's not guilty plea and lack of remorse has left Mr Bol's family with "no sense of what happened".
"I have no doubt that both of you know more about why Mr Bol was killed than has been revealed," he said.
"You have not sought to attempt to alleviate that suffering by sharing what you know about why this happened."
Family speaks out
Mr Bol's uncle, Emmanual Kondok, told the ABC that he and his family were pleased with the sentence handed down to the pair and believed justice had been served.
"We know and acknowledge that Ngor will not be here again with us physically but at least justice is in place," he said.
Emmanuel Kondok said his nephew did not know the two men who killed him. (ABC News: Marcus Stimson)
Mr Kondok said Mr Bol did not know the two men who killed him and that he "did not have any issues with anybody".
"Why would they kill Ngor? Why would you kill somebody you don't know?" he asked.
"He was killed [by] people who he didn't know and people who don't know him."
Mr Kondok said the pain felt by the family was "very severe" and that his mother, in particular, still struggled with what happened to Mr Bol.
"The family know they will not get Ngor back," he said.
"We're left with only memories of the good work that Ngor has done to the family.
"From the birth you can see the good young person he was. He was very kind, he was generous to all friends and people he didn't know."
Mr Kondok said Mr Bol had previously lived in South Australia but had moved to Victoria. He was visiting family the weekend of his murder.
Mr Bol's uncle also thanked South Australian authorities and the two young girls who called paramedics after they saw the murder.
Nyarach Bol speaking outside court following the sentence. (ABC News)
Outside court, Mr Bol's sister, Nyarach Bol, said she was happy with the sentence but "it's not going to bring my brother back".
"My brother didn't deserve it," she said.
"I just want to know why this happened to my brother. He was innocent.
During the trial, the court heard from two young women who said they were metres from the attack when it unfolded.
The women said they hid behind a pillar and called emergency services.
"I was making sure I was talking to the victim and he knew someone was there," one of them said.
The jury was also shown CCTV footage of a man walking through the UniSA grounds after the incident before tossing a knife into a bike cage.
Court evidence showing police on North Terrace after Mr Bol's murder. (ABC News)
Prosecutor Karen Ingleton told the jury DNA found on the knife belonged to the victim and the "stabber".
The court also heard the pair were on holiday in Adelaide, with one of them breaching conditions of their parole for separate offending and another breaching a bail agreement.
The pair were arrested at the Adelaide Airport and were found to be carrying plane tickets under different names.
Family feels unsafe in Australia
Last month, Mr Bol's family members told the court they had moved back to their home countries in Africa as they no longer felt safe in Australia.
In a statement read out in court, the woman who sponsored Mr Bol's family to come to Australia, Katrina Melnyczyn, described the two killers as "truly evil".
"Most of the family went back to Africa to be with relatives because they don't feel safe in Australia," Ms Melnyczyn wrote in her statement.
"Their grief is so great that they just weren't able to function properly."
Justice Kimber backdated the offenders' sentences to the date of their arrest in 2022, meaning neither will be eligible for parole until at least 2045.