Magistrate postpones sentence to next week

It is alleged that Sergeant Otsisitswe Tsogwane was stabbed with a knife, while escorting Paul Chikatala to Nyangagwe Referral Hospital a few weeks back.

Chikatala and an ex-convict Maxwell Nduku, acting together with a common purpose, stabbed the warder in an attempt to aid Chikatala to escape lawful custody. Chikatala is charged with offence of escaping from lawful custody and unlawful wounding while Nduku is charged with aiding a prisoner to escape and unlawful wounding.