Byline: Nonjabuliso Nhlambo
24 February 2022
Mapitsi Leloko (45) appeared before the Evander Magistrate court on Friday, 24 February for two counts of murder and a domestic violence related case.
Community of Embalenhle, SACP Members and the members of AmaGorilla were picketing outside the Evander court demanding that the accused should not be released on bail as he is a threat to the community and to his own biological mother.
Two bodies, that of a male and female were found in his locked room whilst the accused was in custody for the domestic violence case.
Allegations are that after the suspect’s arrest, his mother became worried about the flies as well as a bad odour which was coming from his room.
It is further alleged that she could not access the room to see the cause behind bad smell since the suspect locked and took the key for the room during his arrest.
She then reportedly went to the Police Station in eMbalenhle to alert them about her worries.
A barely decomposed body of a woman found in the accused’s room in the morning, 17 February 2023 at about 11h30. Her lifeless and nearly decomposed body was found lying in bed and further covered in blankets.
On the 18th of February the investigating officer visited the crime scene to investigate further clues and to try and establish what could have been the cause of the women’s death.
To his disbelief another body almost completely decomposed was found wrapped in plastics under the bed, all emergency personnel were summoned to the scene.
The accused applied for legal aid to represent him in the court of law.
According to information received by Seskhona News, the female victim met with the suspect for the first time at eMbalenhle Police Station on valentines day (Tuesday, 14 February 2023) where she was allegedly going to open a domestic violence case against her mother and the two stole each others hearts.
It is further alleged that the female victim and the suspect left together to the suspects place where they engaged into conjugal activities.
“The suspect told me that after he realized that he slept with the lady without protection, he then resolved to killing her because his enemies will find him through her scent.
He said he strangled her with a shoe lace until she died,” said a source.
It is further alleged that the second victim was killed because the suspect thought he was too powerful and was recognized than him.
The accused wanted to be seen as 2 Pac when people look at him, therefore he strangled his friend when he was not looking and cut his throat open with a knife, drew his blood into a cup and drank it mixed with beer so that he can gain more power and look like 2 Pac.
The source further revealed that the accused confessed that he was part of the Illuminati cult.
During his appearance in court for bail application, the accused alleged that he is Schizophrenic and currently on medication.
His mother was summoned to confirm this allegation, which she confirmed that there are pills he had been taking but had stopped taking them before his arrest.
His lawyer abandoned bail for further investigations on the accused state of health.
The case has been postponed for Wednesday, 01 March 2023 for the accused attorney to decide if there is going to be an application for the accused to be referred for mental observation because he alleges he did not know at the state he committed the offence was wrong.