One of the defence lawyers in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial has accused the state's fourth witness and eyewitness to the incident, Mthokozisi Thwala, of fabricating evidence.
Five men accused of murdering the Bafana Bafana captain are being tried at North Gauteng High Court, Tshwane. Meyiwa was shot at the home of his girlfriend, singer Kelly Khumalo, in October 2014. File photo.
As the trial continued on Thursday in the Pretoria high court, Charles Mnisi, the lawyer representing Mthobisi Prince Mncube, suggested to Thwala that part of his testimony contradicted that of the third witness, Tumelo Madlala. Meyiwa was fatally wounded in what was described as a botched robbery in the presence of his then-girlfriend Kelly Khumalo, her mother Ntombi, sister Zandi, Zandi’s boyfriend Longwe Twala and Senzo’s friends Thwala and Madlala.
Muzikawukhulelwa Sibiya, Bongani Ntanzi, Mncube, Mthokoziseni Maphisa and Sifisokuhle Ntuli are standing trial for the murder of the footballer. They have been charged with premeditated murder, attempted murder, robbery with aggravating circumstances, possession of firearms without a licence and possession of ammunition. All have pleaded not guilty.
“I am going to put it to you that you have come here to fabricate evidence to suit a particular narrative on the circumstance which the deceased was killed in the house,” Mnisi said.
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