Meyiwa murder: Court wants police forensics lab to corroborate State ballistics expert's evidence
The court is dealing with ballistics evidence linked to the alleged weapon behind Senzo Meyiwa's murder.
Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng listens to testimony in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial on 20 July 2023.
JOHANNESBURG - A debate has broken out in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial over markings made by a barrel of a gun on the bullet found at the scene of the football star's murder.
The court is dealing with ballistics evidence linked to the alleged weapon behind the footballer's murder.
State expert, Lieutenant-Colonel Chris Mangena, has spent the week under cross-examination.
According to Mangena, the gun found on one of the accused can be positively linked with the bullet found on the scene of Meyiwa's murder.
Lawyer for the fourth accused, advocate Zithulele Nxumalo, spent the day cross-examining Mangena on his findings.
Earlier this week, Mangena presented charts to the court, demonstrating how the markings on the exhibit bullet found on the scene positively match with the markings on the text bullets he shot from Mthobisi Mncube's gun.
But on Thursday Nxumalo and the defence's ballistics expert, Dave Pieterse, challenged Mangena in court.
Nxumalo: "My lord, I don't see the match."
Mangena: "My lord, it is there, I can see it."
The court will call Mangena's colleagues from the police forensic lab, who corroborated his findings.