Inmate kicked to death
2003-02-10 19:12
Qwa-Qwa, Free State - Five awaiting-trial prisoners appeared in Tseseng magistrate's court on Monday for the murder of a fellow-inmate, Free State police said.
Captain Motarafi Ntepe said Simon Buti Xapa was arrested for attempted rape and was sharing a cell with 14 others at Tseseng police cells.
He went to the toilet on Friday about 17:00 and unintentionally urinated on the floor.
Ntepe said the five inmates allegedly kicked him with their boots. Police found him lying on the floor. By the time an ambulance arrived, he was dead.
Ntepe said Themba Makhalemele, 18, Thabiso Mashinini, 18, Lebohang Moloi, 28, Gabriel Mokoena, 21, and Doctor Mlangeni, 21, had been charged with murder.
Their cases were postponed to February 26.
- SAPA