Quick take on UK fugitive case: Ndodana Tshuma can’t remember pleading guilty

Ndodana Tshuma, the Zimbabwean-born man who fled to South Africa from the UK after allegedly murdering his wife and two daughters, claims he does not remember pleading guilty or signing a plea and sentence agreement regarding the charges he faces in South Africa.

Tshuma, 46, had pleaded guilty to the unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition and to contravening the Immigration Act by entering South Africa while allegedly being sought by UK authorities.

He fled to South Africa after the murders of his wife, Nothabo Zandile Tshuma, and their two children, Natalie and Nala Tshuma, in Bedford, Bedfordshire, in July.

He was arrested on July 10 in Kensington, east of Johannesburg.