24 hours after her arrest, Zinhle Mabena has been released after Pretoria Magistrate Court in Tshwane has thrown her case out of court. The Isibaya actress who plays Sihle was arrested for the attempted murder of her husband.
Zinhle Mabena was arrested on Tuesday the 16th of February 2021. The actress was accused of being an accomplice in the attempted murder of her husband on the 28th of January 2021. The murder and attempted murder was caught on camera as it happened at a garage. The incident left Zinhle’s husband’s bodyguard dead while her husband, Robert Ngwenya remained unscathed. Police said they had evidence that pointed to Zinhle Mabena as the primary suspect in the attempted murder. However, on the 17th of February 2021, the actress appeared nefore Pretoria Magistrate Court in Tshwane and the case was thrown out the window as the prosecutor said her arrest was unlawful.
UPDATE: Zinhle Mabena “unlawfully arrested” for husband’s attempted murder
In a statement released by Maphuthi Perez on behalf of Zinhle Mabena the actress states that she is the victim of ” a lot of intimidation and scrutiny by an individual known to her and who has been trying to damage her reputation and ethics.”
In the statement by Joshua Lazarus of Shapiro and Ledwaba Incorporated on behalf of Zinhle, he states that “I act on behalf of Zinhle and confirm that she was unlawfully taken into custody yesterday but is now a free woman after the NPA declined to place the matter on the roll, because of the preposterous nature of the allegations against our client. We can also confirm that nothing plausible was provided to the authorities to link our client to any crime including but not limited to murder or attempted murder or any conspiracy of sort. All these mischievous allegations ironically come from her husband who she has recently filed a divorce against, and against whom our client has obtained an Interim Protection Order.”
The case comes at a time when the couple is going through a divorce for reasons that have not been stated. Robert Ngwenya came out in January to announce that he is writting a book about their divorce.
He described it as “… a journey starting from excited butterfly feelings in the stomach and slowly progressing into ugly fights and inevitable separation. It’s a personal analysis of marriage based experience and lessons that life has so carefully and slowly taught.”
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