Burry Stander. Photo: Ian Carbutt
The National Prosecuting Authority stated today that culpable homicide charges have been temporarily dropped against a taxi driver who allegedly killed mountain biker Burry Stander.
The matter against Njabulo Nyawose was withdrawn in the Port Shepstone Magistrate’s Court, pending a decision by the director of public prosecutions, Kwa Zulu-Natal NPA spokeswoman Natasha Ramkisson said.
He faced a charge of culpable homicide or an alternative charge of reckless or negligent driving.
Stander, 25, died on January 3 when a minibus taxi struck him while he was cycling in Shelley Beach on the Kwa Zulu-Natal South Coast.
He was fifth in the men’s cross-country race at the 2012 London Olympics. Four years earlier, at the Beijing Games, he finished 15th in the cross-country event. – SAPA
