The High Court in Pretoria has on Wednesday heard damning revelations about the link between the bullet projectile that was found at the Senzo Meyiwa crime scene and the firearm that was found in accused 3, Mthobisi Mncube’s room in 2015.
According to the people who were in the house when two intruders allegedly entered the house and demanded cell phones and money, one of the intruders had a gun that had a wheel which prompted the police to deduce it was a revolver. The deduction was further strengthened when the police conceded in court that they had not found any bullet cartridges on the scene since a revolver ejects no cartridges when it is fired.
He told the court that having left the scene just before 3am, he returned a few hours later only to find the projectile that was discovered by his colleague Mhlahlo behind the glass jars on the kitchen countertop.Mosia told the court that the projectile, which didn’t have any blood on it after having gone through the deceased’s body, was never tested for DNA.
According to the defence, post-mortem pictures which were never shown in court, show that Meyiwa’s clothes were soaked in blood although only blood spots in the sitting room were visible. He says the bullet, fired in a downward trajectory, perforated the keeper’s body and hit the ajar kitchen door, ricocheting to the wall in the kitchen before falling onto the kitchen counter.The defence has previously suggested that the bullet projectile, which was only discovered the day after the shooting by Colonel Thobeka Mhlahlo, after Warrant Officer Thabo Mosia had left the scene and come back, was planted.
“The damage on the door indicated the bullet was unstable when it hit the door, maybe moving side to side and the bullet did not hit the door at 90 degrees, which indicate the door was slightly open and it deflected back into the house. Had it hit the door at 90 degrees, it would have perforated the door,” explains Mangena.Mangena says he cannot rule out the possibility of a scuffle.
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