On Wednesday, Van der Merwe cross-examined Phoenix unrest task team member Sgt Siphosenkosi Shezi about video evidence related to Majola’s death.
That was the assertion by the defence lawyer, Carl van der Merwe, for siblings Dylan and Ned Govender who together with a third man, Jeetendra Jaikissoon, face murder charges in connection with the death of 19-year-old Mondli Majola from Amaoti. Dylan faces an additional attempted murder charge.
Shezi previously told Verulam magistrate Irfan Khalil that police had secured video evidence which placed the accused at the scene of the crime and provided a sequence of events that led to Majola’s death. He claimed that a mob of men, including the accused, had attacked Majola and others, who escaped.
However, Van der Merwe argued that in the aftermath of the unrest which claimed 36 lives and which saw the Phoenix suburb transform into a war zone, there seemed to be mounting pressure from police minister Bheki Cele for police to arrest suspects. This, he said, resulted in a biased police investigation.
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