Nine people were arrested for the heinous double murder.
On the morning of February 21, while most of the community of AbaQulusi awaited the chaos of threatened mass protests, inside the courtroom it is business as usual as the Van Rooyen farm attack trial proceeds,Accused number four took the stand on Monday to conclude his cross-examination by senior state prosecutor advocate André Ludick.
Ludick puts forth that Sibiya and Ncele, two of the co-accused, testified that accused number four “brought a bag of firearms to the Combi before heading to Swart Mfolozi”.Zulu, the accused on the stand, responded by claiming that they were lying “to cover for those who were with them in the commission of the attack”.
The interpreter translated, with clarity, how the accused declared that Karlien van Rooyen did not describe him in her testimony. Photos were presented to the court of the firearms in question, as well as unfired ammunition found in yoghurt and Vaseline containers, and Zulu maintained he had no knowledge of any of this, even as it came to light that the person who reported the firearms is the accused’s brother, who appears in some of the photos.“I never saw any firearms at my home at all.
“Yes,” responded the accused. “I heard in court. I am disputing that I was involved. I cannot speak for the others…”
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