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SowetanLive reports that a car guard who witnessed a vicious attack on his colleague has described how the deceased man endured a beating from an angry motorist who jumped on him with both his feet, thudding into the fallen man's face.
On Monday, Philani Milton Mkhulisa, 25, appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court facing a murder charge. His case was postponed to 22 August for a bail application. His victim has yet to be identified as no one appears to know who he was. The guard's brutal assault was as a result of being suspected of theft out of Mkhulisa's vehicle. Sam Deseko, who worked along Pritchard Street in the Johannesburg CBD, said his colleague's assault lasted for an hour. “I have never seen a man so angry in my life. My friend's head was on the pavement and he stomped on him with both his feet.” Deseko said the car guard was then left bleeding on the pavement along Pritchard Street, while Mkhulisa left the scene with his girlfriend. Deseko then went to a food outlet where they helped him call the ambulance. About 30 minutes later, Mkhulisa returned with two other men, but even on his return Mkhulisa allegedly never checked on the man he had beaten. When paramedics finally arrived, they certified the car guard dead on the scene.
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