It was “judgment day” recently for three members of a car hijacking syndicate whose victims included two clergymen who were robbed of their vehicle while “preaching the word of God”. The day of reckoning for two of the gang members, Mzothuli Dlamini, 22, and Lungelo Dubuzane, 29, came last week at the Durban Regional Court, where they were convicted and sentenced.
Another gang member, Mlamuli Mkhize, 27, was convicted and sentenced in August when he also appeared before magistrate Fariedha Mohamed in the same court.The pair attempted to make a Hollywood-style getaway in the Toyota Corolla they had stolen at gunpoint from Mozambican preachers Paz dos Santos and Elder Moore in KwaMakhutha that day. But they were arrested after they crashed into a police barricade set-up in KwaMashu, after driving into oncoming traffic and shooting at the officers.
The owner of the vehicle, who was in the company of friends when he was hijacked at gunpoint, pointed out Dubuzane during a police ID parade. Dubuzane disputed this version and said that he had just parked the car when police approached him, and he couldn’t understand why the officers gave a “fabricated” story in court.State prosecutor Kuveshni Pillay rejected Dubuzane’s claim that the car was Musa’s. “The complainant in the matter said the car was with a dealership in October 2017. How is it possible that Musa owned the car? Why didn’t you tell the police who arrested you about Musa? That’s because he doesn’t exist.
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