"Tired of eating human flesh": The court incarcerates two men in a cannibal case: The Standard

Two South African men accused of cannibalism were sentenced to death on Wednesday for murder. The judge said they were guilty of "the most heinous crime," local media reports said.

Judge Peter Olsen, who sits at the Pietermaritzburg High Court, sentenced Nino Mbatha, 33, and Lungisani Magubane, 32, to life imprisonment for the murder of Zanele Hlatshwayo last year, the Witness newspaper reported.
Mbatha, a traditional healer, was arrested after returning to the police station in Estcourt, a town in KwaZulu-Natal province.
He was carrying a bag containing a human leg and a hand, telling officers that he was "tired of eating human flesh".
The police refused to believe his claims until he drove them to a house where more body parts were found.
A third man was acquitted on Wednesday. Seven people were initially arrested.
At previous hearings in Estcourt, angry residents gathered in front of the courthouse to protest the terrible murder.
South Africa has no direct law against cannibalism, but the mutilation of a corpse and the possession of human tissue are criminal offenses.

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