Du Toit acquitted of charges in SU 'urinating' case

FORMER Stellenbosch University (SU) student, Theuns du Toit, has been cleared of charges of crimen injuria and malicious damage to property after he was acquitted this week.

- GENEVIEVE SERRA

This follows a three-year court case, which began when he was filmed urinating on a fellow student's belongings.

In a response to the outcome, the university said the process was fair and they considered it closed, while the Convocation said the court case and racial allegations damaged and injured the image of the university, as they called for an apology to Du Toit.

The video went viral on social media and made headlines in 2022, when an intoxicated Du Toit was caught on camera inside a room of the university's Huis residence, urinating on the personal belongings of student, Babalo Ndwayana.

The Cape Argus has since reached out to both parties and awaits their response to the court's findings.

The court's decision hinged on the fact that Du Toit was drunk and that the cases of crimen injuria and malicious damage to property could not be proven.