The case against a 25-year-old suspect who allegedly killed an on-duty police officer at the Mutale Police Station was transferred to the Thohoyandou High Court by the Mutale Magistrate's Court on Friday (14th).
Muvhuso Morgan Nyadzani from Makwilidza village in the Nethengwe area was arrested on 27 November 2020 for kidnapping and rape. While he was being taken to the holding cells, he allegedly produced a knife, stabbed police officer Mbulaheni Ronald Mulanduli in the neck several times and left him for dead when he escaped. Before he disappeared into the wilderness, Nyadzani allegedly took all the deceased's belongings from his pockets. He was arrested again a few days later when he sought help from a traditional healer.
The Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP), based at the Thohoyandou division of the High Court, charged Nyadzani with nine charges, including murder, rape, kidnapping and escaping from lawful custody.
He is also charged with contravening a protection order. This after his former girlfriend, Thovhedzo Ramavhona, who had applied for a protection order against him for assaulting her multiple times, claimed that he showed up at her house despite the protection order, kidnapped her, locked her up in a room and raped her several times.
He is also charged with housebreaking. On 18 October 2018, he allegedly broke into Mrs Rofhiwa Tshialatshithu's home and stole two car keys and R10 000 from a safe.
His case is scheduled to be heard between 6 and 10 January 2023.