Africa-Press – South-Africa. A Gauteng man who allegedly killed his wife by hacking her to death with an axe and then attacked their 6-year-old grandson for recording the incident has abandoned his bail application.
John Nkgudi, 52, allegedly assaulted his wife, Tinny, 51, on 28 January by hitting her with a stick and a shovel and hacking her with an axe.
National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Lumka Mahanjana said the incident happened at the couple’s home in Vukuzenzele in Tsakane in the Ekurhuleni metro.
According to Mahanjana, Nkgudi allegedly arrived home intoxicated in the middle of the night and started arguing with his wife, who was in their room with their 6-year-old grandson.
“During the argument, it is alleged that the accused went outside and came back with a stick, shovel and an axe and started assaulting his wife… in the presence of the grandson.”
Mahanjana said during the alleged assault; the wife ran to the bathroom, where she died.
The grandson used a phone to make a video recording of the incident. When Nkgudi became aware that he was being recorded, he took the phone, assaulted his grandson with the shovel, locked him in a wardrobe and fled, said Mahanjana.
The couple’s daughter found her mother’s body and her injured son upon her return from work the following day.
Mahanjana said:
Nkgudi was arrested two days after the incident and showed the police where he hid his bloodstained clothes, added Mahanjana.
The Tsakane Magistrate’s Court postponed the case to 19 April 2023 so it could be transferred to the Regional Court.
In a separate case, Kagiso Thobela, 29, who is accused of killing his 32-year-old girlfriend, abandoned his bail application in the same court.
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He allegedly attempted to take his own life after realising she had died.
“Upon realising that the deceased was not moving, the accused called his friend, told him what had happened, proceeded to drink pills and hanged himself from the roof. When the friend arrived at the accused’s place, he found the deceased on the floor in a pool of blood… and called the police,” said Mahanjana.
Mahanjana said Thobela and his girlfriend had returned from a tavern on 12 March when they started fighting.
Mahanjana added:
Thobela was arrested and appeared in the Tsakane Magistrate’s Court. The case was postponed to 19 April.
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