Coffin assault trial

[ForceFate]

I dont care for these 2 idiots tbh,
But if thats attempted murder, Grace where are you, and that other dude that beat a woman to a pulp in a club the other day? whats that?

+1

 

[Flanders]

This will teach farmers to shoot the criminals and disappear the bodies, like in the other case of the Brits orange thiefs. Anything less and you will just cause shït for yourself.

It would seem so.

 

[Oppiekoffie]

Links?

Go and look at all the blacks convicted of racism compared to like Penny Sparrow.

 

[Lindiswa]

they should be convicted period. that victim's dignity needs to be restored. a COFFIN really?

 

[Drifter]

Go and look at all the blacks convicted of racism compared to like Penny Sparrow.

Excuse me for attacking you. Are you just f**ing dumb? Only whites get charged with racism. Where have you been?


Tongue in cheeck

 

[Temujin]

The DA seem to believe this is a great verdict.

Really, sometimes I just want another party to vote for but alas ...

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Yeah, these ****ers have lost the plot... no one left for me to vote for Maybe I'll have to look at a dagga party or something

 

[Dan C]

they should be convicted period. that victim's dignity needs to be restored. a COFFIN really?

I feel like doing worse to people who break into my house and steal things.

Victim's dignity ? He is a criminal.

What is your take on mob justice ?

 

[S7wede]

they should be convicted period. that victim's dignity needs to be restored. a COFFIN really?

He was convicted period. The problem we have is that there was no evidence that they were going to kill him yet they were convicted of attempted murder. They deserve every other conviction, but that one does not fit the facts.

 

[sand_man]

I feel like doing worse to people who break into my house and steal things.

Victim's dignity ? He is a criminal.

What is your take on mob justice ?

Yeah. Should have probably just locked him in the cupboard for a few minutes. And don't film it ffs. Self incrimination 101.

Sure if they had intended on killing the victim they wouldn't have been filming it?

 

[dlk001]

I think they got more than they deserve. Life sucks, they paid a high price for stupidity.

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

It's funny and disturbing that there are stupid people here who are ok with the law being perverted. Regardless of what utter twats these are and how deserving they are of all the other charges, one cannot simply change the law at will because black/white reasons. Not that it matters much anymore because this type of thing was known to come about. It just opens more eyes to the 'This is how africa farks itself' a lot quicker.

 

[C4Cat]

I feel like doing worse to people who break into my house and steal things.

Victim's dignity ? He is a criminal.

What is your take on mob justice ?

What crime was he found to have committed?

 

[R13...]

He was convicted period. The problem we have is that there was no evidence that they were going to kill him yet they were convicted of attempted murder. They deserve every other conviction, but that one does not fit the facts.

They threatened to set the coffin on fire, which is what the court appears to be relying on. It was clearly a scare tactic, barbaric behavior, but not attempted murder.

 

[Dan C]

What crime was he found to have committed?

Theft ... you seriously didn't follow this ? Or is it ok to steal stuff and get away with it, or rape etc ?

 

[Craig_]

Yeah. Should have probably just locked him in the cupboard for a few minutes. And don't film it ffs. Self incrimination 101.

Sure if they had intended on killing the victim they wouldn't have been filming it?

The fact that they film it proved they are morons that deserves zero sympathy. So maybe they intended to off him and then changed their minds. You never know with people that stupid.

If it was just about scaring him they would most probably not have recorded it and nobody would have known about all this.

 

[theratman]

Imagine if this was black on white, the outcry would reach the heavens.

 

[C4Cat]

Theft ... you seriously didn't follow this ? Or is it ok to steal stuff and get away with it, or rape etc ?

There was no evidence given of theft and it wasn't reported to the police. Basically it could just have been the excuse the perpetrators made up, after the fact, to try and justify their behaviour...

 

[schumi]

Coffin case back in court for sentencing

Middelburg – Sentencing in the case in which two men forced another into a coffin will be handed down at the Middelburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

Judge Segopotje Sheila Mphahlele ruled that Willem Oosthuizen and Theo Jackson were guilty of assault, attempted murder, kidnapping and intimidation.

"The verdict will be a lesson to those who are engaging themselves in racism," victim Victor Mlotshwa had said.

"I am feeling very good that they have been found guilty. I always said I wanted justice."

During the previous proceedings, the court gallery was packed to capacity with ANC, EFF and DA supporters.

Following the verdict, Mlotshwa's mother Lonia said she wanted the accused to be "sentenced for what they did to my son".

"They messed ... with his head. It took time to take him to doctors in order to help him get his mind back to normal," she said.

The ANC's Speedy Mashilo said the party hoped for not less than 15 years for the accused.

During their two week long trial, the accused argued that they had to act when Mlotshwa allegedly threatened to burn their crops and murder their wives and children.

Jackson told the court that he was told to "get rid" of the coffin because it was causing trouble. The coffin would have been used as crucial evidence in the case.

During his evidence-in-chief led by his lawyer Org Basson, Jackson said he never considered what they did to Mlotshwa as wrong.

Mlotshwa had previously testified that Jackson made use of the knobkerrie to assault him all over his body, but "mostly on the back".

He also said the duo had used cable ties to restrain him.

They were granted R1 000 bail in July after reapplying for bail.

News24
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/coffin-case-back-in-court-for-sentencing-20171022

 

[Kloofvreter]

"They messed ... with his head. It took time to take him to doctors in order to help him get his mind back to normal," she said.

How do people believe this kack?

 

[Kloofvreter]

During their two week long trial, the accused argued that they had to act when Mlotshwa allegedly threatened to burn their crops and murder their wives and children.

And why did nobody believe this?