When it rains it pours, which is certainly how 34-year-old Thabo Patrick Megalanyane must feel at present.

Yesterday we showed you the pictures of that crash (HERE), Thabo smashing his sports car into the back of his wife’s MINI. Expensive tiff, and now it’s set to get worse as the law takes him down a peg or two.

He appeared earlier at the Umhlali Magistrate’s Court with News24 having this to say:

His attorney, Raeesa Shaik, made an application to withdraw her services as Megalanyane wanted to secure a legal aid lawyer.

His application was however rejected on the basis that he was gainfully employed as an estate agent and earned more than R10 000 per month. The State was opposing bail as his partner feared for her life.

Megalanyane said he had no access to money and that his family was outside KwaZulu-Natal.

The matter was adjourned and Megalanyane would remain in custody while he searched for a new lawyer or appealed the decision to reject his application for legal aid…

An independent police source, along with Umhlali police spokesperson Captain Maharaj, said the man and his ex-wife were estranged.

“Before ramming his red Toyota 86 into her Mini Cooper, he allegedly ransacked her house, cutting the bedding sheets and lounge suite up with a knife. The couple were apparently separated and she was seeing someone else,” he said.

IPSS Medical Rescue said medics responded to the scene of the car crash and that the woman and “a third party” ran away.

Ransacking someone’s house and cutting up the bed sheet generally doesn’t sit well in court, which means it might get worse before it gets better.

[source:news24]