Icala liqale eBrandon ngoMsombuluko owesilisa osolwa ngokubulala unkosikazi wakhe ngaphambi kokuthi umuzi wabo uqhunyiswe ngamabhomu eminyakeni emibili edlule.
Kukhethwe abesifazane abayisishiyagalombili namadoda ayisithupha e-Brandonos Westman Centennial Auditorium, ephenduke inkantolo yesikhashana ngoMsombuluko ekuseni ukuze kukhethwe amajaji.
Abantu abangu-14 bazogcina benqume ukuthi uRobert Hughes unecala lokubulala unkosikazi wakhe uBetty, 63.
U-Hughes ubekwe icala lokubulala okwesibili ngoba umkakhe washona ngo-Okthoba 2019. Ushonele emzini wakhe ose-Green Acres kaBrandon abawuthenge ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule.
Amaphoyisa athi uBetty ushone ngaphambi kokuthi umuzi walezi zithandani uqhume, waphenduka imvithi. Isidumbu sakhe satholwa kamuva emvithi. URobert utholwe elimele kanzima emvithi.
UHughes, 63, uboshwe ngemuva kokuphuma esibhedlela ngesikhathi sesigameko. Uboshiwe selokhu aboshwa.
NgoMsombuluko, iphoyisa likasherifu lihole uHughes ngesudi emnyama nezibopho. Wayehlezi ebhokisini lasejele egobile ebonakala engenamandla.
“Usuku lokugcina lokuphila kukaBetty Hughes kwakungelona lokho yena noma umndeni wakhe ababekulindele. Usikwe kanzima futhi udinga usizo lwezempilo,” kusho umshushisi uChris Van der Hoft ethula inkulumo yakhe.
“Umyeni wakhe uyena yedwa umuntu okhona, akazange amsize. Lapho opha waze wafa, akwenza kwaba ukuya ekamelweni elingaphansi wanquma ipayipi legesi.”
UVan der Hoft enkulumeni yakhe uthe icala lizozwa ukuthi umshado wezithandani wabhidlika kanjani. Nakuba ethenge umuzi omusha ndawonye, uthe ubudlelwano abukwazi ukulungiseka.
Wathi ngemva kokuba uRobert ebuyile ekhaya, wathola uphawu lomthengisi wezindlu oluthi “iyathengiswa” otshanini obungaphambili. Laba bashadikazi babe nengxabano ekhishini ekhaya, futhi ubuhlobo babo bube noshintsho olubi.
Uthe uBetty wabulawa ngemuva kokusikwa amahlandla ambalwa ngommese osebenza ngesibambo esiphuzi. Inkantolo itshelwe ukuthi izinga lokulimala kwakhe nokopha kwakhe yikona okudale ukufa kwakhe.
“Wabulala umkakhe futhi wazi ukuthi akukho ukujikela emuva,” usho kanje. "Akazange ashayele i-911, kodwa uphathe isimo ngendlela yobugwala."
UVan der Hoft uthe uHughes wabe esezama ukuqeda impilo yakhe. Inkantolo itshelwe ukuthi intambo ilenga entanyeni kanye nommese esandleni, wakhishwa emvithi.
“URobert Hughes wehlela ngezansi ngemuva kokubulala uBetty futhi waphazamisa ukutholakala kwegesi kubhayela. Ukunqwabelana kwegesi egumbini elingaphansi kokheleke ngenxa yokukhanya kwe-indicator ku-heater yamanzi, okudale ukuqhuma okukhulu,” usho kanje.
U-Travis Foster we-Constant Brandon Police Appraisal Unit ube ngufakazi wokuqala obambe iqhaza ecaleni elisemthethweni. Ngokushesha ngemva kokuqhuma, yena nozakwabo babizelwa endaweni yesigameko, base bekwazi ukubona indawo yasekhishini endlini okwakukuyo isidumbu sikaBetty.
Wafakaza: “Kunegazi eliningi phansi lapho uBetty Hughes ekhona, ikakhulukazi lapho ikhanda lakhe likhona.” "Ingemuva lehembe lakhe lalicwile ngokuphelele egazini."
UFoster uthe isidumbu sikaBetty sabekwa kuthayela sayiswa egaraji elihlukile kule ndawo ukuze kuvinjelwe ukulimala okwengeziwe emzimbeni wakhe. Uthe ngemuva kokuqhubeka nokuhlola indawo, kutholakale amachaphazelo egazi emnyango wefriji, ikhawunta naphansi ekhishini.
“Egunjini lenjini, sabona ukuthi ulayini omkhulu wegesi ongena kubhayela wamanzi ashisayo wendlu wawunqanyuliwe,” kusho uFoster. “Kukhona isikrufu samapayipi negazi phansi phansi ethangini lamanzi ashisayo.
"I-valve yokulawula ethangini lamanzi ashisayo ishintshelwa lapho kushayelwa khona umoya, bese kuba namabala egazi kuvalvu yokulawula amanzi ashisayo."
Ama-ovaroli, izintambo ezinezintambo, izicathulo ezinegazi nezinye izingubo ezazigqokwe nguHughes ngalobo busuku zishaqwe ngamaphoyisa ngemuva kokuphuthunyiswa esibhedlela.
Ngesikhathi ephekwa ngemibuzo, ummeli kammangalelwa uSaul Simmonds ubuze uFoster ngesizathu, yena nozakwabo uConstable. URobert Gale, naye wethule ubufakazi ngoMsombuluko, wabhucunga amachaphaza athile egazi wase ecinga ingxenye nje yamanxiwa endlu.
Uphinde wabuza ukuthi kungani kungenziwanga uphenyo ukuze kutholwe isiqephu sommese ongekho, kuyilapho ezinye izinto, njengezimpahla ezitholakala esikhwameni sikaBetty, zazibhalwe into ngayinye.
Amalungu e-Brandon Fire and Emergency Services Centre, umphenyi womlilo, kanye nochwepheshe be-DNA kanye ne-pathology kulindeleke ukuthi bafakaze kuleli sonto.
Umsebenzi oyinhloko we-CBCos ukwakha iwebhusayithi bonke abantu baseCanada abangayivakashela, okuhlanganisa nalabo abanokukhubazeka kokubuka, kokuzwa, kwezimoto kanye nokwengqondo.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Dec-01-2021
