#ShongweTrial: Court postpones trial of alleged serial killer from eMbalenhle

Magistrate Graham Cupido ruled that the trial be postponed because Nongoloza Masina (one of the two assessors) was reportedly admitted to the ICU on Tuesday.

August 4, 2022

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Alleged serial killer, Themba Shongwe, appears in the dock as his trial begins in the Secunda Regional Ccourt.

Secunda Regional Court postponed the trial of Themba Shongwe, a man from eMbalenhle accused of murdering four young girls between 2016 and 2018, to 22 , 28 and 29 September because of one of the independent assessors is in hospital.

Magistrate Graham Cupido ruled that the trial be postponed because Nongoloza Masina (one of the two assessors) was reportedly admitted to the ICU on Tuesday.

https://www.citizen.co.za/ridge-times/293781/shongwe-trial-resume-3/

https://www.citizen.co.za/ridge-times/128355/justiceformihle-12-year-old-girl-raped-murdered-dumped-street-embalenhle/

https://www.citizen.co.za/ridge-times/288558/shongwe-pleaded-not-guilty-in-all-charges-against-him/

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August 4, 2022

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