{"id":696712,"date":"2019-09-01T16:42:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T16:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"\">\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_703271\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-703271\" style=\"width: 566px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-703271\" src=\"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/10140630_screen"},"modified":"2019-09-01T16:42:29","modified_gmt":"2019-09-01T16:42:29","slug":"world-karate-champion-leighandre-jegels-murdered-by-boyfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/01\/world-karate-champion-leighandre-jegels-murdered-by-boyfriend\/","title":{"rendered":"World Karate Champion, Leighandre Jegels, Murdered By Boyfriend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_703271\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-703271\" style=\"width: 566px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-703271\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/10140630_screenshot20190831162928_jpegeb7b7d04547a9ce6a3741c6f054e161d.jpeg\" alt=\"Leighandre Jegels\" width=\"566\" height=\"497\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-703271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leighandre Jegels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Leighandre Jegels, world karate, continental, and SA boxing female champion, has been murdered.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Jegels was killed on Friday by her police officer boyfriend whom she had a protection order against.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0[Domestic Violence]: Man who was allegedly stabbed by his wife shares his side of the story<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to report, Jegels\u2019 mother was also shot in the attack and has been rushed to an East London hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Police have since arrested the 37-year-old boyfriend after the white Mercedes-Benz he had been driving was involved in an accident.<\/p>\n<p>Jegels reportedly lived with the accused in Cove Rock until she obtained a protection order against him.<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leighandre Jegels Leighandre Jegels, world karate, continental, and SA boxing female champion, has been murdered. 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