I ACTED IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT – TAXI MAN

MBABANE- The taxi man who stabbed to death a petrol attendant at Engen Filling Station in Mbabane over E40 said he acted in the heat of the moment.

Ntokozo Mazwi Dlamini made these submissions when motivating his application for bail at the High Court yesterday.
He also confirmed that he stabbed the deceased in the neck.

His application for bail was not opposed and he was subsequently admitted to E15 000 bail by Judge Mbutfo Mamba. 
Dlamini (27) of Dlangeni under Chief Nsukumbili was ordered to pay E3 000 cash and provide surety for the balance.
The conditions attached to his bail were that he should surrender his passport or other valid international travel document to the investigating officer at the Mbabane Police Station and that he should not apply for a new one.

He was also ordered to report to the Mbabane Police Station monthly and also refrain from speaking with or communicating or interfering with any of the prosecution witnesses in the case against him.

In the charge sheet it is alleged that he wrongfully, intentionally and unlawfully stabbed Kwanele Mngcini Dlamini with an Okapi knife next to the right ear and in the process inflicted a fatal wound which he (Kwanele) died of.
He allegedly committed this offence on October 31, 2017.

The accused mentioned that he was arrested after surrendering himself to the police in the company of his mother Delisile Nompumelelo Dlamini.
“This was subsequent to a fight which I had with the deceased, the result of which I stabbed him in the neck in the heat of the moment,” submitted the accused.

He also undertook that he would not abscond trial in particular because he surrendered himself to the police after being told that the complainant had died.
The accused was represented by Sabelo ‘Chicken’ Dlamini.

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