Meyiwa trial: Analyst accused of changing testimony to suit data presented in court

JOHANNESBURG - A data analyst testifying in the Senzo Meyiwa trial has been accused of changing his version to suit the data he has presented in court.

This week, Lieutenant-Colonel Gideon Gouws testified on his analysis of data from phones linked to two of the accused.

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Five men stand accused of Meyiwa's murder almost a decade ago.

A moment of tension between Gouws and Advocate Charles Mnisi, the lawyer for the third accused, as the men differed on what Gouws had initially said while testifying in court.

According to Mnisi, when Gouws testified on Tuesday, he claimed accused number 2, Bongani Ntanzi, made cellphone contact with all the other co-accused.

But Gouws has denied this, reading from his affidavit.

"Then my next sentence said the number was identified by Colonel Steyn in an investigation and through Section 205, it was established that accused 5’s number had communication with all other suspects – I never said accused 2."

The court agreed to try and have the record played on Friday morning and Mnisi promised to continue cross-examining Gouws thereafter.