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Photo: iStock The 25-year-old reportedly told the district surgeon he believed his mother’s murder was expected of him on a spiritual level.
The 25-year-old man accused of killing his mother by decapitating her has yet to be admitted to a psychiatric hospital for observation because of Covid-19.
Zimbabwean national Tinashe Chitsere briefly appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Thursday where his matter was postponed as he had not yet been admitted to Weskoppies psychiatric hospital.
The State said there was a backlog as patients were not being admitted to Weskoppies because wards were being used for Covid-19 patients.
His defence that he was leaving on a business trip was not accepted by the court.
The State previously refuted this as well, placing it on record that the amount of clothes found in his bags could not have been for a three-day business trip.
Theledi also accepted the evidence of an official from the Department of Home Affairs, who testified that Mudolo was not in the country legally as his visitor’s visa had expired.
She did not accept Mudolo’s version that he could not renew it because of Covid-19.
Furthermore, Theledi accepted the evidence produced by the State that Mudolo was in possession of a cellphone and was communicating with an unknown person.
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Willah Mudolo is one of Shepherd Bushiri s co-accused in a R102 million fraud, money laundering and theft case.
His bail was denied by the Pretoria Magistrate s Court on Tuesday.
The court found he was a flight risk and not in the country legally.
Willah Mudolo, one of self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri s co-accused, has been denied bail.
Mudolo appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate s Court on Tuesday, where the magistrate, Thandi Theledi, handed down the bail judgment.
Mudolo, his wife, Zethu, Bushiri and his wife, Mary, as well as Landiwe Ntlokwana face multiple charges of fraud, theft and money laundering in relation to an investment scam, which allegedly defrauded investors to the tune of R102 million.