In 2009, the Eastern Cape High Court sentenced the king to an effective 15 years for seven counts of kidnapping, three of assault, three of arson, and for defeating the ends of justice and culpable homicide.
Ngo-2009 iNkantolo ePhakeme yase-Eastern Cape yagweba uDalindyebo iminyaka engu-15 ebhadla ejele ngamacala ayisikhombisa okuthumba, amathathu okushaya, amathathu okushisa namanye okuphazamisa ukusebenza kwengalo yomthetho nokubulala ngokungenhloso.