Sandile Mantsoe dies in prison
Sandile Mantsoe who confessed to murdering and burning his girlfriend of 7 months was beaten and r@ped by his cell mates and later died when he was discovered by prison warders.
The cell mates are apparently angered by his actions which led him to their cell.
They called him names and hated the fact that he didn't at all look remorseful and that's what made them attack him before r@ping him.
Sandile Mantsoe is no more and his family is in a process of deciding to which mortuary he should be taken to. That's what a source close to Sandile was told when he went to visit him in prison yesterday.
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It is true when they say what goes around comes around - South Africa has witnessed that theory with this incident.
Murder accused Sandile Mantsoe has painted the late Karabo Mokoena as a violent person who was "addicted" to the high life.
In a statement read out by Captain Rogers Mahundla in the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Thursday, Mantsoe claimed that Mokoena had attempted to commit suicide several times.
He claimed Mokoena had multiple sexual partners, including one who "used to give her R100 000 a month", which made her "addicted" to the expensive lifestyle.
In the statement, Mantsoe also claimed Mokoena used to beat him up and that she had become angry and depressed after being raped by one of her former lover's friend.
He also alleged that Mokoena used to cut herself, and that her sister had witnessed it. At one point, he had found her on the floor with a box of sleeping pills.
'I panicked and didn't know what to do'
He said, in April 2017, before Mokoena allegedly committed suicide, he had broken up with her. He then left his apartment and, when he returned, he found Mokoena with a stab wound to her neck.
"I panicked and didn't know what to do... I pulled her body to the toilet and left. I went to get a tyre in Lyndhurst and a place to dispose of the body.
"I went back to my apartment and tried to figure out how to get her out, and got a bin. I managed to put her in the bin and drove to Bramley. I put the tyre and fuel on her and I burnt her," the statement further read.
READ: Mantsoe admitted killing Karabo Mokoena, cop tells court
Earlier, the court heard testimony from a police official who said Mantsoe had disclosed to her that Mokoena had stabbed herself in the neck while trying to perform a "separation ritual".
Constable Mokgaetji Mahwete testified that Mantsoe told her that a person called "master" allegedly connected them spiritually in order to strengthen his business.
"He said he took Karabo's blood and mixed it with his, so that he could take it to the 'master' to perform a separation ritual," Mahwete told the court.
Ritual
Mantsoe also allegedly told the officer that he was supposed to take the blood to the "master" 14 days after the ritual.
Defence advocate Victor Simelane said his client would deny that he had held a conversation with Mahwete about the sacrifice.
The 27-year-old is facing a premeditated murder charge for Mokoena's death. She was killed on April 28, 2017.
Mantsoe is also charged with assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, for allegedly assaulting Mokoena on March 27, 2017.
He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
Mantsoe, a married father of three, had reportedly been in a romantic relationship with Mokoena since October 2016. It is believed that he and his wife were estranged
Sandile Mantsoe, who is on trial for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Karabo Mokoena, told police officers that he wanted to do the right thing by pointing out where he had set her body alight.
This was the evidence of Colonel Andre de Klerk in the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg.
De Klerk, who accompanied Mantsoe to the pointing out, told the court that the accused appeared calm, relaxed and co-operative.
Reading out his notes on Wednesday, De Klerk quoted Mantsoe saying: "I just want to tell the truth and show what happened… I removed, dumped and burnt Karabo's body."
Mantsoe pointed out the scene willingly and confirmed that no one forced him to do so, De Klerk said.
READ: Judge dismisses Sandile Mantsoe's claim that cop tried to bribe him to drop charges
The court heard that Mantsoe told him that he found Mokoena dead at his Sandton apartment around 17:00 to 18:00 on April 28, 2017.
He then went to the garage and bought petrol. He also went to his mother's place in Bramley to get tyres and pool acid. He added that no one had seen him.
"I was there. I [removed] the body from my apartment. I put a tyre around her and burnt her.
"I put petrol on her and walked away," he said.
The State also called pathologist Malerato Ramela, who conducted a post-mortem on Mokoena.
She told the court that a large part of Mokoena's body was absent and that she couldn't tell whether Mokoena was alive or dead at the time that she was set alight.
Mantsoe previously painted Mokoena as a violent person who was "addicted" to the high life.
READ: Karabo Mokoena's ex-lover tells court: 'She was violent and addicted to the high life'
In a statement read out in court last week, Mantsoe claimed Mokoena used to beat him up and that she had become angry and depressed after she was raped by a friend of one of her former lovers.
He also alleged that Mokoena used to cut herself, and that her sister had witnessed it. At one point, he found her on the floor with a box of sleeping pills. He said a security guard who worked at the apartment witnessed the incident.
But the security guard disputed this and testified that he had only helped Mantsoe access his apartment after he forgot his access card inside.
Sergeant Pule Kotelo from the Sandton police said that he had gone through the apartment's occurrence book but that there was no recording of the incident.
Mantsoe faces charges of premeditated murder and defeating the ends of justice.
READ: Police officer tells court about the day Karabo Mokoena's body was found
He has also been charged with assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, for allegedly assaulting Mokoena on March 27, 2017.
He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
Mantsoe, a married father of three, had reportedly been in a romantic relationship with Mokoena since October 2016. It is believed that he and his wife were estranged.
The accused has denied killing Mokoena but, during his bail application, he said he disposed of her body after he came home and found that she had committed suicide.
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