USthembiso Mdlalose, osolwa ngokuqala umlilo e-Usindiso Building owabulala abantu abangu-76 enkabeni yeGoli ngomhla zingama-31 kuNcwaba wezi-2023, useshintshe isitatimende sakhe asenza phambilini sokuvuma lamcala, wathi wayedle izidakamizwa futhi engemuhle kahle ngokomqondo ngesikhathi evuma lamacala.
UMdlalose waqala ukuvuma icala ngoJanuwari 2024 ngaphambi kweKhomishana kaKhampepe, waphinde wavuma nasemantshini, ethi nguyena owashisa umlilo ukuze afihle icala lokubulala alenza edakwe yi-crystal meth. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi useshintshe isitatimende sakhe, efunga egomela ngokuthi womabili lamacala wawavuma ngoba edakwe yizidakamizwa, elwa nokuluthwa yizidakamizwa, futhi engaphansi kwengcindezi yomdayisi wezidakamizwa owayefuna imali yakhe.
Ithimba lakhe labameli, eliholwa ngu-Advocate Leonard Cindi, lithi ukuvuma icala ungekho esimeni esikahle somqondo akuvumelekile ngaphansi komthetho waseNingizimu Afrika weNqubo yoBugebengu, odinga ukuthi ukuvuma izono kwenziwe ngokukhululeka nangokuzithandela. UCindi usamile kwelokuthi uMdlalose wayengekho esimweni esihle sengqondo ngaleso sikhathi futhi ukusebenzisa kwakhe izidakamizwa kwamphazamisa kakhulu ukwahlulela kwakhe.
Izolo, zingama-22 kuMbasa wezi-2025, uMdlalose uwaphikile amacala angu-90 eNkantolo yeMantshi yasePalm Ridge, ahlanganisa awokushisa, angu-76 okubulala, nelokuzama ukubulala. Inkantolo izohlola ukuthi ukuvuma kwakhe icala kungamukelwa ngokomthetho yini.