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that he had not been drunk and knew at all times what he was doing and that
the intake of alcohol did not influence his judgment.
206. They saw the deceased, George Nkomane, walking in the street, confronted him
and loaded him onto the bakkie against his will. Their intention was to drive out
of town and to ‘off-load’ him on the way to the black township. On the way, the
deceased protested, saying that he intended to re t u rn to the ‘white’ township of
Belfast. The applicant and one of the other members then assaulted Nkomane
then deposited him outside the township. At this stage, Mr Nkomane began
running back towards the white are a .
207. The group pursued him, caught him and the applicant assaulted him by fisting
him until he fell down. The applicant’s co-accused then kicked him and jumped
on him. The applicant testified that they had had no intention of assaulting Mr
Nkomane but that things went wrong, an argument ensued and, as a result of
the deceased’s protest against the abduction, the brutal assault followed. He
realised afterwards that he should have foreseen that the assault could have
resulted in the death of Mr Nkomane.
208. The Court that tried the case had found that there was no direct intent to kill,
but that the applicant was guilty on the basis of dolus eventualis. The Court
found further that the offence was politically coloured. However, the applicant
testified, he pleaded guilty at his trial and handed in a statement in which he did
not reveal the full facts about the AW B ’s involvement as it seemed politically
i n a p p ropriate to do so at the time.
209. Slippers expressed his remorse to the Committee:
If I was ever to have planned to kill anybody, I would rather have shot the person
or stabbed the person and gone and hid that person’s body in a safe place. My
actions were in accordance with the instruction issued by the AWB and the
e n t i re incident took a different course to that planned.
After this incident, I and my ex-wife suffered various attacks in retaliation to this
action which were launched by the Black community against us. After court sittings,
mini buses would turn up at our house and the house; our vehicle and our
caravan would be stoned and damaged, and the grass on my property and other
things were also set alight.
On the 26th of March 1991, a month and thirteen days after the incident, I lost
my wife in a car accident. The collision was caused by a black man who drove
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