A KwaZulu-Natal man who fatally stabbed his ex-girlfriend Nomfundo Msibi, 34, in the parking lot at Gateway Mall in Umhlanga, north of Durban, last year has been found guilty of premeditated murder.
Video footage of Siphamandla Khumalo stabbing Msibi was previously played by state advocate Krishen Shah in the Durban high court. The state had also relied on two state witnesses, Mthobisi Gasela, who is the boyfriend of the victim, and police officer Det-Const Boitumelo Phama to prove the case.
Khumalo and another man fled after Msibi, 30, was stabbed. An okapi knife was found lodged in her body.
On Monday, high court judge Jacqueline Henriques said after considering the probabilities and improbabilities she had found the state had proved beyond doubt Khumalo was guilty.
She said the 22 stab wounds inflicted on Msibi’s body had demonstrated Khumalo’s intention to kill her.