The first witness in the trial against three officers arrested in connection with the murder of Nateniel Julies described to the court how one of the officers dragged the teen from under a truck and put him in the back of a state van and sped off.
“I opened the door and saw a police vehicle between the truck and the block of flats. I saw a police officer walking to the truck and he bent under the truck as if he was searching for something,” she said.
She was testifying for the state in a case against Cnst Caylene Whiteboy, Sgt Scorpion Ndyalvane and Sgt Forster Netshiongolo, who have been implicated in the murder of the 16-year-old boy who lived with Down Syndrome. During the trio’s bail application last year, Whiteboy alleged that she was being framed by Ndyalvane.
Whiteboy further alleged that she had fired the shots on the instruction of Ndyalvane, who was her senior, and that he made her submit a false statement that implicated her and threatened to kill her.