Meyiwa murder trial: Bullet found on scene could've only been fired from one gun - Expert
The State’s ballistic expert in the Senzo Meyiwa trial, Chris Mangena, has testified on what he found on the scene of Meyiwa’s murder where he performed the reconstruction the day after the incident.
The witness stand at the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial taken on on 15 May 2023. Picture: Kgomotso Modise/Eyewitness News
JOHANNESBURG - The State’s ballistic expert in the Senzo Meyiwa trial has testified that it is only the firearm found in the possession of Mthobisi Mncube that could have fired the bullet found on the scene of the footballer’s murder.
The Pretoria High Court is hearing evidence from ballistic expert, Chris Mangena.
He has testified on what he found on the scene of Meyiwa’s murder where he performed the reconstruction the day after the incident.
The Bafana Bafana captain was shot in October 2014 at the home of his girlfriend, singer Kelly Khumalo.
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When Mangena testified in 2023, he told the court that he conducted tests by firing test shots from the gun found by police at Mncube’s home in 2015.
He said he fired two shots from a bullet type that was not found on the scene of Meyiwa’s murder, but it was when he fired shots using the same type of bullet when he found a match.
Mangena insisted that no other barrel from a different gun in the world could make the exact same striations or marks on a bullet.
"They striations are unique like a fingerprint," he explained.
His cross-examination continues.