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Drunk Zimbabwean stabs Motswana
25 Apr 2016 at 06:49hrs | Views
A 37-year-old Zimbabwean living illegally in Botswana has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a Motswana in a drunken argument over money. According to Botswana paper The Voice, Lungisani Ndlovu, is from Kezi in Matabeleland South.
Ndlovu was charged with one count of unlawful wounding after he pleaded guilty to knifing Otsile Mangadi, 29, three times on the thigh, when he appeared before magistrate Thebeetsile Christian Mulalu.
In his appeal for bail, Ndlovu said his house in Bluetown is unoccupied and pleaded with the court to release him so that he can hand over his property to a friend.
However, Mulalu ruled against him and remanded him in custody to today for sentencing. Prosecuting, Meshack Mothusi urged the court to deny Ndlovu bail saying that he was an obvious flight risk.
"He entered Botswana illegally through an undesignated point near Siyiya and our fear is that he might do the same and return to his native country before the finalisation of this matter," said Mothusi.
The prosecutor said the crime took place on April 4 at a drinking spot in Francistown's Riverside North. "The two men had been drinking together but started arguing about money that Ndlovu claimed the victim owed him," said the prosecutor.
It is alleged Ndlovu reacted to Mangadi's refusal to acknowledge the debt by stabbing him three times in the right thigh. Ndlovu had been staying in the country illegally for almost a year. Details about how much Ndlovu was owed were not stated in court.
Ndlovu was charged with one count of unlawful wounding after he pleaded guilty to knifing Otsile Mangadi, 29, three times on the thigh, when he appeared before magistrate Thebeetsile Christian Mulalu.
In his appeal for bail, Ndlovu said his house in Bluetown is unoccupied and pleaded with the court to release him so that he can hand over his property to a friend.
However, Mulalu ruled against him and remanded him in custody to today for sentencing. Prosecuting, Meshack Mothusi urged the court to deny Ndlovu bail saying that he was an obvious flight risk.
"He entered Botswana illegally through an undesignated point near Siyiya and our fear is that he might do the same and return to his native country before the finalisation of this matter," said Mothusi.
The prosecutor said the crime took place on April 4 at a drinking spot in Francistown's Riverside North. "The two men had been drinking together but started arguing about money that Ndlovu claimed the victim owed him," said the prosecutor.
It is alleged Ndlovu reacted to Mangadi's refusal to acknowledge the debt by stabbing him three times in the right thigh. Ndlovu had been staying in the country illegally for almost a year. Details about how much Ndlovu was owed were not stated in court.
Source - chronicle
