DuduzaneZuma’s defence lawyer brought an application to have the culpable homicide case against him discharged.
Johannesburg - Duduzane Zuma’s defence lawyer on Wednesday brought an application to have the culpable homicide case against him discharged on the grounds that the State had failed to submit evidence that their client acted negligently when he crashed his car into a taxi.
"There is nothing which points to negligent driving on the part of Zuma, especially now when it said that the two cars were more or less driving at a similar speed," lawyer Mike Hellens told the Randburg Magistrate’s Court. "The state does not have accident reconstruction evidence which would explain what could have happened that night," said Hellens. "The state only proves the collision, a dark rainy night, but does not proves any negligence by Zuma.
Zuma was initially charged with two counts of culpable homicide after a 2014 car accident that resulted in the deaths of Phumzile Dube and Nanki Jeanette Mashaba.
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