INkantolo eNkulu yaseMthatha, imgwebe udilikajele owesilisa ngecala lokubulala ngesihluku isinqandamathe sakhe.
INkantolo ibhansele uBantubenkosi Siqotyana ngeminyaka emithathu ngenxa yokuqoba isidumbu sikaNombeko Thobigunya, walahla izicubu zakhe emathoyilethe omgodi ahlukene ngenhloso yokufihla ukuthi umbulele.
UThobigunya wabikwa umndeni wakhe njengomuntu olahlekile ngomhlaka 13 kuZibandlela nyakenye. Wayegcine ukubonakala naye uSiqotyana ezinsukwini ngomhlaka 1 kuDisemba nyakenye.
“Kwatholakala isandla somuntu esidliwe yinja endaweni yaseThembeni, ngaphansi kwesifunda iLibode. Umngani kamufi waqinisekisa isandla sikamufi esasipendwe izinzipho. Amalungu omphakathi athatha isinyathelo sokulandelela isoka likamufi, uSiqotyana,” kubeka uLuxoxo Tylai okhulumela iNational Prosecuting Authority (NPA).
UTylai uthi amalungu omphakathi aqala ngokutalabha uSiqotyana ngaphambi kokuba awakhombise emathoyilethi aphosa kuwo izicubu zikamufi.
Amaphoyisa abizwa, umsolwa wazivumela icala lokubulala uThobigunya. Wakhombisa amaphoyisa emathoyilethe ayephose kuwo izicubu zikamufi.
Kusaqala ukuqulwa kwecala, uSiqotyana waliphika icala lokubulala umufi kodwa wakuvuma ukuhlinza isidumbu sakhe.
“USiqotyana wathi umufi washona emuva kokudla ushevu. Uthi wahlinza umufi wamenza izicubu ngoba esaba ukusolwa umphakathi ngokubulala uThobigunya,” kubeka uTylai.