Pietermaritzburg – An SANDF soldier was convicted of murder on Wednesday for shooting a passenger in a bakkie whose driver tried to evade a roadblock in 2010.
Paul Jeke claimed he had acted in self-defence when he shot Sibekezelo Ndlovu, who he said was holding “something in his hand” which had made him fear for his life.
It later turned out that Ndlovu was merely carrying a USB modulator, which plays music in a car.
Jeke’s co-accused, former SAPS dog unit policeman Morne Croeser, was acquitted of murder and defeating the ends of justice. The Pietermaritzburg High Court found the State had failed to prove he had acted in common purpose to kill Ndlovu….
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