A South African man, Sibusiso Madiya, has reportedly told a Regional Court in Durban that he acted in self-defence when he killed a Chatsworth boy, because the victim and his friends had transformed into tigers before his eyes.
According to the report, Madiya, through his Legal Aid attorney Hycenth Mlotshwa, told the court that he saw the “tiger”, referring to the Grade 1 pupil Lindokuhle Mabhena, approach him at a Shallcross park in June last year and thought he was going to attack him.
The accused added that he had stabbed the boy with a knife he had found on the ground earlier.
“It was only after a group of people arrived that I realised it was not a tiger but a human being,” Madiya reportedly said at the start of his murder trial on Thursday before magistrate Trevor Levitt.
Mlotshwa told the court his client believed in supernatural powers, adding that the accused saw fellow inmates transform into animals in the prison where he was being held during the trial.
The Prosecutor, Krishen Shah, however, said the accused had been referred for mental observation and was deemed mentally fit to stand trial.
It was gathered that around midday on June 15 last year, Madiya was skateboarding at a park in Peak Street, Shallcross, when seven young children, who had been following him, approached him. He said they all suddenly transformed into tigers.
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