Amaphoyisa abhekene nenkantolo Ngokusolwa kokudutshulwa Kosomabhizinisi wase-KZN

UKaputeni uPedro Rodriguez kanye namanye amaphoyisa ayisishiyagalolunye babuyele eNkantolo Yesifunda sase-Durban ngoLwesihlanu ecaleni lobugebengu lokudutshulwa kosomabhizinisi waKwaZulu-Natal uThabiso Ngcobo ngoMeyi 2024. UNgcobo wayeshayela iToyota Fortuner ehlomile ku-M13 eya eWestville ngomhlaka-30 Meyi 2024 lapho, uthi, izimoto ezingenamaki zamngunga, zabe sezivulela umlilo. Wasinda. Uhlale egcizelela ukuthi kwakuwukushaywa okuqondiwe, hhayi icala phambaniswa namunye ngoba engaziwa kahle.

UNgcobo, osebenza ekwakheni, uthe uthenge imoto enezivikelo ngemuva kokuxwayiswa ngokuthi “ushaye ibheke” nokuthi kwakukhona usongo empilweni yakhe oluhlobene necala elibhaliswe ngemuva kwesigameko kwenye yezindawo zakhe zebhizinisi. Ekuseni ngosuku lokudubula wayeya emhlanganweni. Izimoto ezingenamaki, ezinye zibonisa izibani eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, zeza ngemuva kwakhe zazama ukumxosha emgwaqweni. Amadoda agqoke izibhamu ezifihliwe nama-balaclava, amanye ephethe izibhamu ngamafasitela, afuna ukuba aphume. Akazange aphume.

Uchaze indoda – ayekholelwa ukuthi ukaputeni – eshaya ifasitela ngesinqe sesibhamu, wabe esebuyela emuva eGolf, ekhipha isibhamu edubula. Ukuqhuma kwezibhamu kwashaya iFortuner. Abaphenyi kamuva bathi inani lama-raundi licishe libe ngu-14. Izikhali zabanjwa. UNgcobo akashaywanga.
Ngesikhathi ukudubula kusaqhubeka, washayela ukhomishana wamaphoyisa yaKwaZulu-Natal ngaleso sikhathi uNhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Uthe wabonisa ifoni ngengilazi ukuze amadoda angaphandle azi ukuthi ubani owayesocingweni. Wamtshelwa ukuthi ashayele aye esikhungweni sezitolo iThe Pavilion. Wenza kanjalo.

Amaphoyisa ngaleso sikhathi aveza ukuthi ungubani onephutha, okuhlanganisa nomqondo wokuthi iFortuner yayihlotshaniswa nophenyo lwemboni yamatekisi ngemuva kokudutshulwa kwesikhulu samatekisi uReginald Dladla eHillcrest. UNgcobo wenqaba lokho. Uthe ukuhlangana kwathatha isikhathi eside kangangokuthi akekho owayengacabanga ukuthi wayenomuntu ongalungile.

“Kwakungamabomu ngokuphelele,” esho ngalolo suku ekuseni. “Kwakungelona icala lokungaziwa kahle.”

I-Independent Police Investigative Director ithathe idokodo. Iphini lomqondisi we-IPID uLen John kamuva utshele iKhomishini kaMadlanga ukuthi uKaputeni uPedro Rodrigues kanye namalungu ethimba elibheke ubugebengu obuhlobene namatekisi kuthiwa bahilelekile ekuzameni ukubulala uNgcobo.

UJohn uthe iqembu lalihamba ngezimoto ezine nokuthi lo msebenzi waqala ngemuva kokuba uNgcobo eshiye ifa lakhe eFortuner. Uphenyo lwe-IPID, uthe, luthole ukuthi izimoto ezingaphawuliwe ezisetshenziswe kulesi sigameko zazifakwe amapuleti okubhalisa amanga.

Ikhomishini efanayo izwe ubufakazi obubanzi mayelana nokulandelela okukhethekile kanye nomsebenzi wethimba elibhekele umsebenzi KwaZulu-Natal kanye nokubulawa kwabantu ngaphandle kwenkantolo okusolwa kwamanye amayunithi. Icala likaNgcobo lafakwa kulelo fayela njengoba esinye sezehlakalo i-IPID eyayisiphenya kakade. Isikhulu se-Hawks sitshele ikhomishini ngokwehlukana ukuthi uRodriguez wayexhumene ne-Durban K9, hhayi kuzo zonke izakhiwo impikiswano yomphakathi eyayimnike zona.
Lezo zithangami zekhomishini azinqumi icala lobugebengu. Bayachaza ukuthi kungani icala lenkantolo yesifunda mayelana ne-Fortuner eyodwa ku-M13 libukelwa njengoba ukuma kwezimoto okungaphezu kokukodwa kuphambukile.