Joshlin Smith: State's second witness corroborates first witness testimony

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Constable Luzuko Nkubeka, who was the driver with constable Yanga Gongotha, the state's first witness, told the court the same story his colleague relayed on Monday.

CAPE TOWN - The state's second witness in the trial of Kelly Smith and others has corroborated the testimony of his colleague, a police constable who was the first to respond to Joshlin Smith’s disappearance

Nkubeka, who was the driver with constable Yanga Gongotha, the state's first witness, told the court the same story his colleague relayed on Monday. He said Smith told them she had left Joshlin with her boyfriend and gone to work, but when she got home, they were both missing.

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