One of the defence lawyers in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial suggested to the Pretoria high court on Tuesday that the footballer's girlfriend Kelly Khumalo 'wanted to get rid of him'.
Advocate Zandile Mshololo, who is representing one of the five accused in the murder of football star Senzo Meyiwa. File photo.One of the defence lawyers in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial suggested to the Pretoria high court on Tuesday that the footballer's girlfriend Kelly Khumalo “wanted to get rid of him”.
“The person who had a sour relationship with the deceased [Meyiwa] was Kelly Khumalo. She wanted to get rid of him,” said advocate Zandile Mshololo, representing one of the five accused, Sifisokuhle Nkani Ntuli. Mshololo referred to an SMS Kelly sent to her sister and state witness Zandile “Zandi” Khumalo, stating she wanted out of the relationship. In one of the SMSs Kelly sent to Zandile, Kelly said: “All I can do is hope and pray that each day I am getting to my day of being free from him.”
Mshololo asked the court to play Zandile's TV interview with eNCA in which she spoke about the day of the shooting. In the interview she suggested police were looking everywhere but at Senzo's wife Mandisa Mkhize. Zandile alleged the murder might have been a hit meant for Kelly. Mshololo said the court did not have any records showing Mkhize did not want a relationship with Meyiwa.
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