A Mdantsane man, who was charged with attempted murder in connection with an assault on a five-year-old boy, has been deemed not fit to stand trial by a psychiatrist.
The accused, Daluxolo Nyovane, 27, appeared in the Mdantsane Magistrate's Court this morning where the revelation was made.
He was seen by a psychiatrist for three months in the Fort England Psychiatric Hospital.
He was arrested two days after Christmas last December when he allegedly smashed Lathitha Makeleni into a tar road in NU3. Lathitha was playing in a street outside his home with a group of friends when Nyovane, who was walking by, grabbed him and assaulted him.
The incident left Lathitha in a coma for a month.
State prosecutor Noluvuyo Salmani today told presiding magistrate Joel Cesar that 11 months after his arrest a psychiatrist had now declared Nyovane unfit to stand trial.
Attempted murder accused mentally unfit for trial
The accused, Daluxolo Nyovane, 27, appeared in the Mdantsane Magistrate's Court this morning where the revelation was made.
He was seen by a psychiatrist for three months in the Fort England Psychiatric Hospital.
He was arrested two days after Christmas last December when he allegedly smashed Lathitha Makeleni into a tar road in NU3. Lathitha was playing in a street outside his home with a group of friends when Nyovane, who was walking by, grabbed him and assaulted him.
The incident left Lathitha in a coma for a month.
State prosecutor Noluvuyo Salmani today told presiding magistrate Joel Cesar that 11 months after his arrest a psychiatrist had now declared Nyovane unfit to stand trial.
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