After 14 years of wrongful imprisonment, Goodman Tshabangu is acquitted by the Constitutional Court, highlighting significant flaws in the legal process that led to his conviction.
A convicted murderer, who had been found in possession of a murder weapon two weeks after the crime was committed, is a free man after he was unanimously acquitted by a full bench of the Constitutional Court on Monday.
Goodman Tshabangu was convicted in 2009 by the High Court of South Africa, Circuit Local Division for the Vereeniging Circuit District, and sentenced to 22 years in prison.
He was convicted on one count of murder, two counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances, one count of unlawful possession of a firearm, and one count of unlawful possession of ammunition.
All these counts arose out of an armed robbery that took place on April 28, 2006.
