Flabba’s killer to attraction on interpretation of self-defence

The appliance was made by defence advocate Norman Makhubela on Tuesday on the Johannesburg Excessive Courtroom‚ sitting on the Palm Ridge Justice of the Peace’s Courtroom.

Manqele‚ 26‚ was discovered responsible of murdering Habedi‚ 37‚ in December and sentenced to 12 years behind bars in March.

She claimed that she had acted in self-defence when she stabbed Habedi within the chest after the couple fought‚ however the courtroom stated that she had overstepped the bounds of self-defence and located her responsible.

Makhubela argued‚ nevertheless‚ that the courtroom erred in its findings that she had exceeded the bounds of self-defence and that she had acted with premeditation.

Makhubela stated that Manqele was not conscious that she had acted unlawfully when she stabbed Habedi and that her response was her solely method to escape Habedi’s “assault” on her.

Makhubela additionally stated that the courtroom had overemphasised the seriousness of Manqele’s crime when it handed down sentence‚ saying she wanted to be deterred from doing the identical to future boyfriends and husbands.

“This discovering is sick-conceived…[There is] no proof that she was predisposed to violent conduct from the previous.”

He stated the courtroom was improper to recommend that Manqele has an “itching” to take away her future companions from society.

He added that a affordable individual would discover the “extreme” sentence surprising.

However prosecutor Paul Schutte stated that the courtroom had not misdirected itself in convicting Manqele and that the sentence imposed was affordable.

The appliance continues.