Durban — The man alleged to have murdered his wife will continue leading evidence in the witness box today in the Durban High Court.
Sibusiso Bongekhaya Mvubu is on trial for the murder of his wife Philisiwe Mvubu.
The State’s evidence is that the woman sustained at least eight stab wounds, while in his version, Mvubu said that he stabbed his wife once in the neck, and when she fell, she was accidentally stabbed as she fell on the knife he was carrying.
Before the alleged murder on July 1 last year, police had accompanied Philisiwe to her home to hand over a protection order to her husband as he had allegedly wanted to pour boiling water on her.
On Tuesday, Mvubu began leading evidence. This was after the State had wrapped up its case.
Mvubu said on the day of the alleged murder, he argued with his wife, and while in the house arguing, his cell phone rang, and when he took it out his pocket to answer, Philisiwe grabbed it and smashed it on the floor.
“I bent over to pick up the phone to pick up the phone. She was standing in front of me, and she slapped me hard on my right eye.”
He said that as he stood up to ask why she had hit him, she had pulled out a knife and lunged in his direction, aiming for his chest.
“I blocked it with my hand and was injured on my outer left thumb. I pushed her onto the bed. This while she was holding the knife in her left hand. She let go of the knife, and it fell onto her thighs as she was laying on the bed. I took it and stabbed her twice. She stood up and fell on my chest and fell over side ways onto the ground. I had the knife in my hand, and she was accidentally stabbed on the left side of her stomach.”
He then told the court how, after he realised his clothes were bloodied, he changed and drove to the clinic with the intention of getting medical attention.
Mvubu said he did not enter the clinic and instead drove past, “not knowing where he was headed” when he saw the long queue.
He had locked Philisiwe’s body inside the house and said he had done this so that the 11-year-old child who lived with them would not “see the situation inside the house.”
He continues with his testimony on Wednesday.
Daily News