Uvele enkantolo owesifazane ngetulo lokubulala ubaba wengane

uNichaa Ntoto, 31, ubhekene necala lokunikeza uLubabalo Maseti, 30, R3,000 ukuthi abulale umyeni wakhe, uMcolisi Mguqulwa, owadutshulwa wabulawa ehlala endaweni yakhe eNew Brighton ngoNovemba 24, 2021.

UNtoto waseGqeberha kanye nomsolwa uLubabalo owayehambisana naye, osolwa ngokuhlela ukubulala umyeni wakhe ababehlukana naye, bavele kafushane eNkantolo eNkulu yedolobha ngoMsombuluko lapho kuqale khona ukuqulwa kwecala labo.

Kodwa-ke, ukuqulwa kwecala kwabambezeleka njengoba u-advocate wombuso omkhulu uMarius Stander engenelela uzakwabo owayengaphilile, kwadingeka ukuthi lihlehliswe icala. Ngeshwa, umngane kaMguqulwa, uMihlali Sigana, naye wabulawa ngesikhathi esifanayo.

Laba basolwa babhekene namacala okubalwa kuwo elokwakha itulo lokubulala, amabili okubulala, nokutholakala nesibhamu nezinhlamvu okungekho emthethweni. Kusolakala ukuthi uNtoto wakha itulo lokubulala umyeni wakhe kulandela ukuhlukana kwabo nokwakugcwele izingxabano ezibhebhezelwa yisikhwele.

Umbuso uyagomela ukuthi emasontweni andulela amacala okubulala, uNtoto noMaseti basebenzisana ukuhlela ukubulawa kwabantu. Ngobusuku besigameko, uMaseti kanye nomuntu ongaziwa bangena endaweni befuna uMguqulwa ngaphambi kokumdubula wafa kanye noSigana, base bebaleka endaweni yesigameko.

Ubufakazi buveza ukuthi uNtoto noMaseti babethintana izikhathi eziningi ngaphambi nangemuva kwalezi zigameko zokubulala, kanti uNtoto kuthiwa wayedlulisela u-R3 000 ebhange lakwaCapitec elalinikezwe uMaseti kulandela ukubulawa kwalaba.

UNtoto waboshwa ngoFebhuwari 2022 wadedelwa ngebheyili, kanti uMaseti ugqunywe esitokisini kusukela aboshwa ngoSepthemba 2022. Icala lizoqala ukuqulwa ngoLwesihlanu, okuzocacisa ngezigameko ezibuhlungu eziholele ekulahlekelweni kwemiphefumulo kanye nezinsolo zokuthi kwenziwa itulo lobu bugebengu obunyantisayo.