Ugwetshwe odilika jele aba-8 kanye neminyaka engu 158 ngokuba iphekula

Isinqumo esiyingqophamlando esiletha ubulungiswa kuzisulu zakhe, uXolani Gcelu, owesilisa owahlasela umphakathi wase-Eastern Cape phakathi kuka-2016 no-2019, ugwetshwe odilikajele abayisishiyagalolunye neminyaka engu-158. Inkantolo enkulu yaseMthatha ikhiphe lesi sigwebo ngoLwesihlanu, kulandela ukugwetshwa kukaGcelu ngamacala ahlanganisa ukudlwengula, ukuthumba, ukugebenga nokuzama ukubulala.

Umbuso kaGcelu uhlasele abesifazane abasebasha abaneminyaka ephakathi kuka-17 no-26 ezigodini zaseSidwadweni naseZandukwana ngaseTsolo. Okhulumela uphiko lwezokushushiswa kuzwelonke uLuxolo Tyai ugcizelele ubucayi bamacala kaGcelu, wathi, “Ngesikhathi edlwengula abesifazane, uGcelu wayazi ukuthi unegciwane lengculazi, yingakho elahlwe yicala wagwetshwa ngokuzama ukubulala.”

Inkantolo ikhiphe izigwebo zodilikajele ngecala ngalinye kwayisishiyagalolunye okudlwengula, kanye nezigwebo ezengeziwe ezisukela eminyakeni emibili kuya kweyi-15 kwamanye amacala ahlukene, okuhlanganisa awokugqekeza, ukubamba inkunzi okuvamile, nokushaya. Isigwebo esesihlanganisiwe seminyaka engu-158 sizohambisana nodilikajele abayisishiyagalolunye, nokuqinisekisa ukuthi uGcelu ubhekana nemiphumela egcwele yesenzo sakhe.

Amanye amacala kaGcelu abandakanya ukusabisa izisulu zakhe ngommese ngaphambi kokuzishaya nokubagebenga. Ukuhlasela kwakhe kwakuqondise abesifazane abahamba bodwa ebusuku noma belala bodwa, ngokuvamile ezindaweni ezicashile noma ezakhiweni ezingaqediwe. Naphezu kokwesaba ayekufake, izisulu zakhe zabika ngesibindi lezi zigameko zokuhlaselwa kwakhe, okwaholela ekutheni ahlonzwe futhi aboshwe.

Ubufakazi bolibofuzo bamatanisa uGcelu nawo wonke amacala okudlwengula, bugcizelela ukubaluleka kobuchwepheshe be-forensic ekugwebeni abenzi bokubi. Nakuba lesi sigwebo singakwazi ukuhlehlisa ukuhlukumezeka okwenzeke kuzisulu zakhe, sisebenza njengesitatimende esinamandla ngokumelene nobudlova kanye nobufakazi bokuqina kwalabo abakhuluma ngokumelene naye.