HELL IN A CELL

THE alleged hitman in the Wynberg Court murder says a single cell is too “depressive” and wants to move back in with other bandiete at Pollsmoor prison.

Abubaker Adams is one of five accused alongside Shireen Matthews, Brian Booysen, Wanay Farao and Vuyisani Zengetha, charged with the premeditated murder of Dingalomoya Chintso on 7 April.

Yesterday, the five were back in the Wynberg Magistrates Court, where they allegedly executed the hit on Chintso on the fourth floor of the building.

They face charges of aiding and abetting criminal gang activities in association with the Junky Funky Kidz (JFK) gang, premeditated murder and the unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition.

The court was expected to start with the bail applications of the accused.

However, the court was left with their hands tied after Adams’ attorney Kevin van Vught asked the court to make provisions with the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) to have his client placed in a communal cell.

Van Vught said: “On the last occasion at court [Adams] was injured at court and apparently fell down the stairs.

“The situation was so bad that an ambulance was summoned and he had to be taken to hospital, but was not taken.

“He received no medical treatment, however he was placed in a single cell and he finds the solitary confinement extremely depressive and is having a consultation with a psychologist [on Friday].”

The magistrate said that most inmates want to be in a single cell, however Adams wants to be where it is populated.

The magistrate said that she can only order that DCS checks on him at the Pollsmoor hospital as the court has no powers to instruct DCS on where to keep inmates in a prison.

Meanwhile, the court only heard that Matthews and Farao would apply for bail. The case was postponed to 6 June.