Usazobhadla u-Stuart Scharnick ngenxa yamacala ahlobene neibhamu

I-National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) iqinisekisa ukuvela kokuqala enkantolo kuka-Stuart Scharnick (40) eNkantolo kaMantshi yaseRandburg ngamacala ahlobene nokwephulwa okusolwayo koMthetho Wokulawulwa Kwezibhamu (Firearms Control Act). Icala lihlehliselwe umhla lu-1 kuMandulo 2026 ukuze kulalelwe isicelo esisemthethweni sebheyili, kanti umsolwa uyaqhubeka nokuba sezitokisini.

U-Scharnick ubhekene namacala avela ophenyweni olwenziwe amaphoyisa aseNingizimu Afrika (SAPS) mayelana nokuthotshelwa kwemithetho yokugcinwa nokubhaliswa kwezibhamu.
Kusolwa ukuthi amaphoyisa ayefuna ukuhlola izibhamu zomsolwa futhi avakashela ikheli lakhe lendawo yokuhlala eDouglasdale.

Lapho efika kulelo kheli, awazange akwazi ukumthola futhi kamuva athola ukuthi wayesethuthele kwenye indawo yokuhlala ngaphandle kokwazisa i-Central Firearms Registry ngokushintsha kwekheli lakhe, njengoba umthetho udinga.

Amaphoyisa abe eseya endaweni entsha yokuhlala yomsolwa, okungeyomlingani wakhe. Ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa, kubikwa ukuthi amaphoyisa athola ukuthi esinye sezibhamu zakhe sasingagcinwanga ebhokisini eliphephile (iseyifu) elibekiwe, okuphambene nezidingo zoMthetho Wokulawulwa Kwezibhamu.

Icala lihlehliselwe umhla lu-1 kuMandulo 2026 ukuze kulalelwe isicelo esisemthethweni sebheyili. U-Scharnick uyaqhubeka nokuba sezitokisini kuze kube yilapho ephinde avele enkantolo.

I-NPA ithi izibophezele ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi amacala abandakanya ukwephulwa kwemithetho yezibhamu ayashushiswa ngendlela enobulungiswa, ephumelelayo, nangokuhambisana nomthetho. Ukuthotshelwa kwemithetho yokulawulwa kwezibhamu kubalulekile ekukhuthazeni ukuphepha komphakathi kanye nokuziphendulela kwabanikazi bezibhamu.