A state forensic witness in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial was questioned on Friday about why he did not do gunshot residue tests on the hands of people who were inside the house at the time of the fatal shooting.
Advocate Zandile Mshololo argued Mosia had missed collecting this “crucial evidence” because Brig Philani Ndlovu had not instructed him to.
“I got confused by the fact that I had to call crime scene management to come join me at the crime scene,” said Mosia.“I believe so, but even though it had been long after the incident happened, I believe the movement of the people [at the crime scene] would have caused the residue to be eliminated.”
Meyiwa was shot dead in October 2014 in what was described as a botched robbery in Vosloorus, east of Johannesburg, while attending a family gathering with his then girlfriend Kelly Khumalo.
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