Durban rock thrower gets 10 years
A 27-year-old homeless man has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for a
series of rock throwing incidents in and around Durban.
Nkosinathi Mthalane was arrested at the Tollgate Bridge in Durban in February.
He had initially been charged with two counts of malicious damage to
property, but these were later changed to seven counts of attempted murder.
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Mthalane pleaded guilty in the Durban Magistrate’s Court this week.
In his plea, Mthalane recalls the day of his first crime to which he confessesd, attempting to murder a motorist by throwing a rock at a car’s windscreen as it drove under the bridge in July last year.
Mthalane spoke of having pains in his body. He said he picked up a rock and threw it at the car and the pains disappeared.
He claims it was these recurring pains that drove him to continue his spree over the next seven months.
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He admitted that he knew his actions were wrong and apologised.