Grobler faces tough questions on evidence gathering at Meyiwa trial
A view inside the North Gauteng High Court where the Senzo Meyiwa trial is taking place in this image captured on 23 October 2023.when she conducted a microscopic verification and confirmed the findings by ballistic expert Colonel Chris Mangena in the Senzo Meyiwa case.
Grobler is one of the four analysts who reviewed and confirmed Colonel Mangena’s findings linking the Meyiwa murder weapon to accused number 3, Mthobidi Mncube. Mncube and four others are on trial at the High Court in Pretoria for the 2014 murder of the Bafana Bafana captain. Forensic Analyst Grobler says she did a microscopic examination of the exhibit bullet from the crime scene as well as the test bullets fired by Mangena from the firearm seized from accused number 3 in 2015 – and confirmed that was indeed the Meyiwa murder weapon.
Captain Grobler says there was no need to note her findings as she was simply giving Colonel Mangena an opinion. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
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