He told officers he was “tired of eating human flesh”. Police refused to believe his claims until he took them to a house where more body parts were found. The judge acquitted Mbatha for being in possession of body parts because he said it was a duplication of the murder charge. The court found that Hlatshwayo, 24, was killed for her body parts, local media reported..At earlier hearings in Estcourt, angry residents had gathered outside the court to protest against the grisly murder. South Africa has no direct law against cannibalism, but mutilating a corpse and being in possession of human tissue are criminal offences.

Source: The Guardian December 13, 2018 01:43 UTC