Court rejects teen murder accused’s version of events and convicts him

Durban — The Durban High Court has found that the version provided by a taxi driver, on trial for the murder and rape of a 17-year-old, was reasonably improbable and rejected it in convicting him of the offences committed in 2020.Judge Bruce Bedderson found Samkelo Victus Dube guilty of killing and raping Sibahle Faith Biyela and brutally assaulting his neighbour Thandiwe Shange.On the evening of Sunday, October 4, 2020, Sibahle, Shange, and Dube were socialising together at Dube’s residence, where he allegedly had made repeated sexual advances towards Sibahle, who rejected these.It is…