The statements by two of the three men accused of murdering Cape Town lawyer Pete Mihalik were under the spotlight in the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday as the judge analysed their veracity. | itchybyte
Vuyile Maliti, Nkosinathi Khumalo and Sizwe Biyela appear at the Western Cape High Court for the alleged murder of lawyer Pete Mihalik in Cape Town.Allegations of police brutality in the Pete Mihalik murder trial were under the spotlight during judgment on Wednesday.
Khumalo alleged that Anti-Gang Unit officer Charl Kinnear, who was shot dead in September 2020, was a witness to at least one of the assaults on him. She also found that none of the witnesses embellished their testimony to suit a particular narrative and noted that Khumalo's statement negated his guilt.
She rubbished the claim that a branch was used to assault him outside Maliti's parents' house in Khayelitsha while the police looked for Maliti. What would really possess the police to act unlawfully in that fashion in front of potential witnesses?
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