'That
was the last time I saw her' - 4 August
Emotions ran high and tears were shed during the trial of the
alleged "sugarcane" serial killer, in the Scottburgh
High Court on Tuesday. A visibly distraught Bongani Ngcobo told
the court how Thozamile Taki, a suspected serial killer persuaded
him to allow his fiancee, Noxolo Mpande to go with him. It was
when Ngcobo described the agony he went through after his fiancee
was not reachable on her phone which made some reporters and
relatives cry. - IOL website
Victim's
cell used for abusive call - 4 August
With tears streaming down her face, the sister of one of the 13
victims of the alleged Umzinto serial killer told the court how a
man used her sister's cellphone to say he craved a sexual
encounter with her. "I asked him who he was, but he told me
it did not matter and that if I wanted her (Makhosi), I should go
to the Gale Street Mortuary," Mgobhozi said softly as she
sobbed. - IOL website
Judge
gives men a dressing down - 9 August
A Durban judge, fed up with the sloppy attire of people appearing
in his court, threw two of them out of divorce hearings this week.
Judge Greg Kruger ordered the two men, who were dressed in jeans,
to come back when they were "properly" dressed. - The
Times website
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