They said he was struggling to rebuild his life after a prison stint and could have reached breaking point.
Paul Makaula in the dock of the Hillbrow Magistrates court in Johannesburg, 6 January 2022. He is accused of using a hammer to smash the windows of the Constitutional Court. Picture: Neil McCartney
Paul Makauta made his first appearance in the Hillbrow Magistrate’s Court on Friday to answer to charges of malicious injury to property. But after he was released on parole in 2019, Makauta had been unable to find work because of his criminal history.
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