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The police arrived and Strydom refused to attack them, saying that he "Could not shoot White men".
The police arrived and Strydom refused to attack them, saying that he "Could not shoot White men".
==Trial==
He was convicted of 8 counts of murder, 16 of attempted murder and one of pointing a firearm on May 17 1989 at the Pretoria High Court. He was sentenced to death 8 times over.
==Life sentence==
In 1990 the South African government imposed a law ending the use of capital punishment, accordingly Strydom's sentence was commuted to life imprisonment at that stage.
==Release==
In 1994 he was released along with 150 other political prisoners.
He was scheduled to launch an application for amnesty to the Truth and Reconcilliation Commision, but withdrew it.
He currently lives with his wife, whom he married whilst imprisoned, in Gauteng province.
==Sources==
==Sources==
*Victory or Violence:Story of the AWB of South Africa by Arthur Kemp (2nd edition. March 2008)
*Victory or Violence:Story of the AWB of South Africa by Arthur Kemp (2nd edition. March 2008)
*[http://www.africacrime-mystery.co.za/books/fsac/chp25.htm]