Pitch Black Afro found guilty of culpable homicide

Rapper Pitch Black Afro, real name Thulani Ngcobo, has been found guilty of culpable homicide for the death of his wife Catherine Modisane. 

He has, however, not been found guilty for defeating the ends of justice. Ngcobo was standing trial at the South Gauteng High Court for killing his wife Catherine "Trisha" Modisane at a bed-and-breakfast establishment in Yeoville, Johannesburg, two years ago. 

Judge J du Plessis said: "He presented himself as a poor witness under questions from the state."

The judge said the state did not prove beyond reasonable doubt that Ngcobo had planned to kill Modisane. 

He said it was clear from the postmortem report that she died from blunt-force trauma to the head. 

Dressed in a black tracksuit and a light-blue mask, Ngcobo did not take the news well. After the judge left the court, he continued to claim that the police had forced him to admit to the crime.

"I won't take this lying down. Bayang'sukela.. They've wasted one-and-a-half years of my life," he said. 

His mother, who had regularly attended his court appearances, was nowhere in sight