![]() Nkosikhona, who conducted the pointing out of the scene with accused one Muzikawukhulelwa Sibiya in June 2020, came to the North Gauteng High Court to testify on that investigation.ĪLSO READ: Killer security guard to rot in jail This comes after Lieutenant-Colonel Nkosikhona Hadebe was grilled on the stand during a cross-examination on Tuesday, 24 October by the lawyers representing the five men accused of killing soccer star Meyiwa in October 2014. THE defence lawyers in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial have cast doubt on the police officer’s experience, including his paperwork. He was explained about his rights when he was arrested and again when he was taken for the pointing out." Hadebe countered by saying: “I'm convinced that he understood. She argued that Sibiya had not been properly informed about the nature of the "pointing out" and the potential consequences of his cooperation, specifically that any information revealed could be used against him in court. "I'm saying the accused's constitutional rights were not explained to him in a manner that he understood,” she said. Mshololo then went over the rights of the accused that were explained. Hadebe told the court that no he did not inform the accused about the allegations against him. “Do you agree that you never informed the accused of the allegation? And did he, at any stage, tell you he was arrested for murder?” asked Mshololo. ![]() She further asked what exactly was explained to Sibiya because he was initially arrested for a drug charge. Mshololo asked about Section 35 of the Constitution, which deals with the rights of the accused. Hadebe responded that he did ask him to come with him to the office, and the accused did not refuse. “We're asking this because we are dealing with the issue that according to the state, he voluntarily gave himself to you and there is nowhere where you have recorded that he agreed to go with you,” she said. She further asked what his response to the request was. Mshololo asked Hadebe if he asked for Sibiya’s permission before booking him out of the holding cell. Hadebe was accused of forcibly taking accused one Muzikawukhulelwa Sibiya out of his cell to a "pointing out". LIEUTENANT-COLONEL Nkosikhona Hadebe has concluded his testimony after being grilled by the defence attorney representing accused five in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial. He has also denied that the lead investigator in this case, Gininda, brought to him confession statements for the accused to sign. Raphadu denied any knowledge or involvement of the accused's torture to force him to sign the confession statement. Mngomezulu said: “The instruction from Brigadier Gininda to the accused was that if you don’t sign these documents, the assault will carry on.” Mngomezulu argued that Ntanzi was tortured and beaten into signing a confession statement, which was already written at a dumping site in Orlando, Soweto. He also told the court that Ntanzi gave instruction that he was assaulted by Raphadu when he was forced to make a confession. He told the court that Ntanzi was sober, happy and free when he confessed to him.īut Ntanzi's lawyer, Advocate Thulani Mngomezulu, disagreed, stating that some of his client’s important rights were never read to him as required by law.ĪLSO READ| Pupil's chilling suicide note to mum Raphadu previously gave evidence on the confession allegedly made by accused two, Bongani Ntanzi at Moroka Police Station in Soweto in 2020. THE Senzo Meyiwa murder trial is continuing in the North Gauteng High Court on Friday, 27 October, with state witness Lieutenant-Colonel Mohale Raphadu being cross-examined by Advocate Zandile Mshololo, the lawyer for accused five. Like Raphadu, Maphumulo was also accused of assaulting Sibiya, which he denied and confirmed that there was no case levelled against him by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate. “We sat for a while in the car and were called by Mbotho that my colleague should come to the office to fetch the suspect we came with, he said.Īsked if he saw any injuries on Sibiya before and after they handed him over to Mbotho, Maphumulo answered no, there were no visible injuries. He said they handed over Sibiya to a cop, Lieutenant-Colonel Mhlanganelwa Moses Mbotho, who took the suspect to an office, but they were not allowed to come in. He handed over the suspect, we didn’t ask for his name,” he said. He then informed us that there is a suspect we need to transport to Diepkloof Police Station. He said he was on duty on doing crime prevention when they received a call from Gininda to meet him at a certain place. ![]() Maphumulo is one of the first cops to be called by the lead investigating officer in the case, Brigadier Gininda to drive accused one, Muzikawukhulelwa Sibiya to Diepkloof Police Station, where he allegedly made his confession statement. ![]()
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