A high court judge in South Africa on Wednesday said cellphones have become a common motive for murder in South Africa.
Judge Rishi Seegobin made the assertion while sentencing a man who killed a friend in a fight about a cellphone.
“What is it about cellphones that people kill for them?
Killing for a cheap cellphone is the level to which some sick people
have sunk,” said Seegobin.
He sentenced Weenen wedding photographer Thembazane
Sikakhane to 13 years’ imprisonment for the murder of Nkosinathi
Khanyile in August.
Sikhakhane had borrowed Khanyile’s phone to download
music, but Khanyile asked for it back the next day, Sikhkhane said he
had not finished downloading.
Influenced by alcohol consumption, an argument led to a
fight during which Sikhakhane pulled out an Okapi knife and stabbed and
cut Khanyile’s neck and chest about 10 times.
Sikhakhane pleaded guilty to the murder and had also apologised to the bereaved family.
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