Ntuthuko Shoba will remain in custody until the trial into the gruesome murder of Tshegofatso Pule commences.
Roodepoort court denies Ntuthuko Shoba bail
The boyfriend accused of masterminding the cold-blooded hacking of the 28-year-old mom-to-be appeared before the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court, on Friday, hoping that he would be granted leeway to spend the duration of his case in the confort of his home.
However, the State, represented by Advocate Paseka Temeki, argued that Shoba is facing Schedule 6 charges “and that the law dictates that he be kept in custody until the start of his trial.”
“The matter is postponed until Thursday 25 March 2021 to allow the State to finalise its case.
Did he do it? – The State holds a strong case
Right now, the world has turned against the former JSE analyst, and if the prosecutors are correct in their allegation, it was all avoidable.
Shoba is accused of hiring the services of Muzikayise Malephane to get rid of Pule, who was only weeks away from birthing his out-of-wedlock baby.
The consequences attached to Shoba’s wife finding out is what prompted him to set off plans to have Pule ‘handled’, the State believes.
Besides the piles of evidence gathered against Shoba, the State’s case is helped by the fact that Malephane pleaded no contests and confessed to his role in the murder.
Moreover, the killer has agreed to help the State put away the man said to have masterminded the entire ordeal. In fact, according to Pule’s killer, the mom-to-be’s death was meant to come sooner than it did.
Malephane told the court about the night he pulled up to Shoba’s residential complex to pick up Pule, who had gotten into a quarrel with her boyfriend, unaware that she would be met with pure evil moments later.
For a payment of R70 000, Malephane hacked Pule in the chest with a knife and mutilated her. He then drove to a veld in the Durban Deep area of Roodepoort and hung the beautician on a tree.
Why he went to these extreme lengths is a secret Malephane will brood over in prison for 20 years.
