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three times so he went to the door of his but, which he opened. When
he opened the door, he heard the sound of a radio from deceased's hut
sharply increasing in volume to such a degree that "I could not hear
myself speak". He took no action and returned to bed.
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upon his return home at about 10.30 p.m. that night
on finding his sister, had not prepared his evening meal as usual and
on noticing her apparent absence went to some neighbours to look for
her and, also phoned to her place of work. After that he returned to
his hut where, he saw the convict sitting talking with a neighbour,
who left a little later.
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suspected something was wrong and eventually discovered
his sister (the deceased) was tied underneath the bottom of the
bunk on which he and the convict apparently slept together. He
immediately ran out of the hut and called out for a neighbour
Having done this he returned inside the hut and looked at
his sister again to see if she was dead. He asked the convict why
he had tied up his sister. Without answering the convict got up
from the bed went to a clothes rack and, from behind it, took out an
axe and attacked
which
striking him twice, as a result of
sustained minor injuries. A struggle occurred
during the course of which they moved to the door of the hut.
went out pursued by the convict who was prevented from
carrying out a further attack on
by a neighbour.
The convict ran away.
Following this
returned to
the hut with the neighbour
Upon a close examination
of the underneath portion of the lower bunk the deceased was seen
to be tied hand and foot; She was gagged with a piece of cloth which
covered her head.
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