Update: Muti murder accused in court for beheading
Umzinto resident Nawaaz Khan was killed in 2015.
MULTIPLE life sentenced were passed down to the murderers who left the South Coast reeling in shock after the brutal murder of Umzinto resident Nawaaz Khan in 2015.
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Appearing in the Pietermaritzburg High Court last Wednesday, Elias ‘Maak ‘n Plan’ Sihle Mchunu was sentenced to 45 years’ imprisonment as well as two life terms. His co-accused, Thandowakhe Thando Duma was sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment and a further one life term.
Shockingly, Mr Khan was not their only victim in their search for body parts which later would be used in a ‘muti’-ritual.
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Albertina Gambushe, a former domestic worker in Gandhinagar was also found murdered. Her head had also been cut off as had other parts of her body.
ORIGINAL STORY:
THE two men, one a supposed friend of the victim, who are accused of beheading Umzinto cricketer Nawaaz Khan for the purposes of a muti ritual, briefly appeared in the Umzinto Magistrate’s Court last Thursday.
Following Thandowakhe Thando Duma and Elias ‘Maak ’n Plan’ Sihle Mchunu’s brief appearance, both were remanded back to Westville Prison and the matter referred to the District Prosecutor for a decision.
Both are set to appear in the Umzinto Magistrate’s Court on February 4.
Mchunu gave a full confession to the SAPS last year, admitting that he had beheaded Khan as per the request of a traditional healer, who had instructed him to bring him a human head in order for the ritual to be conducted.
Mchunu was also charged with kidnapping in a separate case.
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