Man arrested for deadly grenade attack

Grenade murder accused dies

A former South African Air Force colonel accused of murdering his wife by throwing a hand grenade at her in 2015, has died.

Joel Mahoase was supposed to appear in the Durban High Court yesterday but when his case was called up, the State requested it be removed from the roll as he had died.

His death certificate was handed up.

While the details around Mahoase’s death were not given in court, The Mercury understands he was killed in a recent car crash
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It emerged that his relationship with his wife had been anything but peaceful.

He had sought to obtain a protection order against his wife. In June he was granted a protection order against his wife physically and verbally abusing him.

In the application – some of which was read to the court – for the protection order, it was revealed that Mahoase’s left arm had been damaged after his wife had stabbed him. After that incident he needed seven stitches.

“She drinks and smokes and every time she is under the influence she becomes violent,” he wrote in his application.
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No saint herself.
 
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