A KwaZulu-Natal man has been convicted to life imprisonment for the killing of his girlfriend, Constable Senzeni Msipha.

The 35-year-old Lucky Masinga, and his co-accused 38-year-old friend, Vincent Zikhalin faced the Mtunzini High Court on Friday.

They were convicted to life imprisonment for murder, 15 years for armed robbery and five years for abduction.

Msipha was reported missing from her home in Gingindlovu, Northern KwaZulu-Natal, after she went shopping and never came back in February, 2018.

Masinga was the last person to see her alive. Her burnt remains were discovered in her car along a rural road in Inyoni, also in northern KZN, of which DNA testing was used to identify her.

"Nyoni police officers attended to a complaint of what appeared to be an accident along the P266 road in their policing precinct. On arrival, they noticed a vehicle on fire and found the driver burnt beyond recognition," said provincial spokesperson Lt-Col Thulani Zwane.

The third accused in the matter, 29-years-old Siyabonga Khumalo has begun serving a 39-year sentence after he pleaded guilty to murder in April 2018.