Senzo Meyiwa murder trial: State’s case weakens | Defence lawyer Zandile Mshololo says second docket into the murder of the soccer star must not be discounted
The emergence of a second docket during the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial this week could compromise the state’s case against the five men accused of murdering the Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana skipper.
This was after Advocate Zandile Mshololo, the lawyer of accused number five Sifiso Ntuli, halted her cross-examination of state witness and forensic expert Thabo Mosia.The court heard that, in a parallel investigation into the soccer star’s murder, suspects who are not the five men currently in the dock were investigated. Mshololo asked the court for time to consider the contents of the second docket and determine how that would affect her client’s case.
“Count 1: In that upon or about October 26 2014 and at or near Boksburg in the subdistrict of Ekurhuleni, the accused who acted as perpetrators or accomplices or accessory after the fact, unlawfully and intentionally killed Senzo Meyiwa, an adult person, by shooting him,” reads the document. Defeating the ends of justice is listed as the second count.
He was also grilled about a crutch found in the house, which is believed to belong to Gladness. It was allegedly used by the alleged robbers to hit one of the suspects.Mshololo read a statement by Zandile Khumalo, which stated that the crutch was used and left at the crime scene.