Owesilisa owazenza ummeli iminyaka udalulwe njengowayekhululwe ngoshwele owakokotela izincwadi zakhe zomthetho ukuze amele amakhasimende enkantolo.
UTeboho Motse, 41, ubevele phambi kwemantshi eNorth West, eziveza njengommeli. Nokho kuvele ukuthi walahlwa yicala lokubulala ngo-2009 ngecala elenziwa e-Alice, e-Eastern Cape, ngo-2004. USingabakho Nxumalo, okhulumela uMnyango wezokuHlunyeleliswa kweziMilo, ukuqinisekisile ukuthi uMotse uphume ngoshwele kodwa akazange aludalule usuku lwakhe lokukhululwa. .
UMotse uboshwe emasontweni amabili edlule eTlhabane wavela enkantolo ngoLwesine ezofaka isicelo sebheyili. Nokho ukuqulwa kwecala kuhlehlisiwe ngesikhathi ummeli wakhe ehluleka ukufika.
Ngokusho kukaBrigadier Sabata Mokgwabone wamaphoyisa aseNorth West, uMotse ubhekene namacala okukokotela, ukukhuluma nokuphula umthetho weLegal Practice. INational Prosecuting Authority (NPA) iveze ukuthi waqamba amanga ethi ungummeli owamukelwe, omele amakhasimende emacaleni amademeshe nawobugebengu ezinkantolo ezifana neNkantolo yeMantshi yaBafokeng. Uphenyo luveze ukuthi wakokotela isitifiketi sakhe sokungeniswa njengommeli.
Ngo-Okthoba 2023, iNkantolo Ephakeme yaseNyakatho Ntshonalanga yabuyekeza futhi yawabeka eceleni amacala uMotse ayebekwe wona, icaphuna “ukungahanjiswa kahle ngendlela kophenyo.” Elinye lalolu hlobo lalithinta udlame lwasekhaya, lapho iJaji elibambile, u-Andre Petersen, likhiphe isinqumo sokuthi ukuqulwa kwamacala akukho emthethweni. Inkantolo ishiye isinqumo sokuphinda kushushiswe kulawa macala kumqondisi wezokushushiswa komphakathi eNorth West. Uma ukushushiswa kuqala futhi, isiphathimandla esisha esiphethe sizokwengamela ukuqulwa kwamacala.
UTeboho Motse wadalulwa njengommeli ongabhalisiwe kulandela umyalelo wemantshi enkulu eNkantolo yeMantshi yaBafokeng ngoDisemba 2022. Lo myalelo wawufuna bonke abameleli bezomthetho ukuba balethe izitifiketi zabo zokwemukelwa njengommeli noma ummeli, ilungelo labo lokuvela, kanye nelungelo labo lokuvela. Isitifiketi se-Fidelity Fund esiya kumantshi omkhulu, u-CG Becker.
UMotse uhambise amaphepha akhe, kodwa kwaqubuka izinsolo ngesikhathi omunye ummeli ebuza uBecker ukuthi ngabe iLegal Practice Council (LPC) iyakuqinisekisa yini lokho. Ummeli uveze ukuthi uMotse akayena ummeli owamukelwayo.
Ukuze aphenye, u-Becker ufinyelele iwebhusayithi ye-LPC kodwa akazange athole irekhodi lika-Motse phakathi kwabasebenzi bezomthetho ababhalisiwe. Ube esethinta i-LPC ngqo, yaqinisekisa ukuthi uMotse akazange amukelwe njengommeli futhi akazange abhaliswe nabo.
Emuva kokutholakala kwalokhu, u-Becker uvulele uMotse icala lobugebengu. Uphinde waya eNkantolo eNkulu yaseNorth West, wacela ukuthi amacala aphethwe uMotse abuyekezwe. Lokhu kuholele ekutheni inkantolo iwahoxise lawo macala ngo-Okthoba 2023, isho “ukungahambi kahle kwezinto” ekuqulweni kwamacala.
UMotse manje ubhekene namacala okukokotela, ukukhuluma, kanye nokwephula iLegal Practice Act. Izenzo zakhe zokukhwabanisa zenze kwaba nokungabaza ubuqotho bamacala ayethinteka kuwo, okungenzeka ukuthi aphinde ashushiswe ngaphansi kwesikhulu esihlukile.