Last week, the Mitchells Plain Regional Court found a suspect guilty of a murder he committed nearly a decade ago.
Donovan Titus stabbed his wife, Candice Titus (28), 30 times in front of their five-year-old daughter on August 7, 2015, in Mitchells Plain.
Donovan was married to Candice for two years and working in the banking industry, as reported by the Daily Voice.
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The daughter, now 14 years old, survived the incident by pretending to be asleep at the time.
Magistrate Mary Jawcu revoked Donovan’s bail and sent him to Pollsmoor Prison.
Donovan pleaded not guilty and claimed that an intruder ‘stabbed Candice with a knife’.
This is in contradiction with official evidence, as there were no signs of forced entry into the family’s home.
Furthermore, Titus and his legal team rejected allegations that he had made ‘certain admissions’ to a medical staff member, claiming he experienced periods of confusion, hallucinations and dizziness while on morphine and other medication.
The final blow to Donovan was when the State provided evidence of his crime via a message he sent to his brother, in which he admitted to the murder of Candice, along with the witness account of her daughter.
The guilty verdict was confirmed by Eric Ntabazalila, regional spokesman for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), who said that sentencing proceedings would commence next month on 3 September.
Meanwhile, Donovan’s legal team has ‘recused themselves from the case’ and he has applied for a Legal Aid attorney.
Candice’s daughter is currently in the care of Sandra Bowers, the victim’s mother.
‘If you do something wrong you need to pay for it, this is what I explained to the child. Right now we have to think about the child and her well-being,’ said Bowers.
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