Nchindo Co-Accused To Appear In Court Today
Monday, March 01, 2010
The accused are facing 36 counts of corruption.
Legal proceedings are set to continue today before Regional Magistrate (South) Lot Moroka in the marathon case that has been running for two years now. Questions have been lingering in the public mind as to what will happen to the case now that the main suspect has passed on. Legal commentators have been quoted in the local media saying that charges against the late Nchindo will be dropped, but not so for the co-accused who still have to answer to the charges.
A young man suspected of breaking into a car was seized by residents, severely assaulted, and died in the hospital within an hour. We unreservedly condemn this mob justice. It is not a solution to crime, but a criminal offence that turns citizens into murderers.Residents are understandably angry about theft. The person who raised the alarm at 4am acted lawfully, and the neighbours who rushed to help showed community spirit. But what followed was...