Judgment on a Limpopo pastor accused of spraying congregants with the Doom insecticide will be handed down on Friday in the Mookgopong Magistrate’s Court.
Lethebo Rabalago’s lawyer spent more than three hours presenting his closing arguments on Thursday.
Lawyer Edmond Lubisi argued there was insufficient evidence for a conviction.
However, Magistrate Frans Mahodi said he had wanted Lubisi to rebut the testimony of state witnesses, showing that the insecticide is harmful to humans.
“Ursula Kruger; she told us about three active ingredients on Doom, and even what is important the warning which is on the container. It is something which you are not concentrating on, where it is specifically written there, harmful to human beings. Now, I, as the accused, I used this products which is specifically written there that is harmful, and I used this towards human beings, what do you call that? That is what I wanted you to concentrate on your address so that we can be able to clarify one another.”
