The court has been hearing a trial within a trial to determine the admissibility of confession statements by two of the accused.
Continuing the trial within a trial to determine the admissibility of confession statements for two of the accused, Brigadier Bongani Gininda will return to the stand to duke it out with one of the defence lawyers over the application of Section 219 of the Criminal Procedure Act.
The defence started the cross-examination of one of the lead investigators of this case, Brigadier Bongani Gininda.
The scuffle broke out when the warder reprimanded the accused in an informal manner while sitting during a tea adjournment on Monday.
The State has insisted that Mjiyako was Ntanzi’s lawyer on record when he made a confession before a magistrate in 2020, with two investigators also drawing direct links between the two on separate occasions.
A physical fight broke out on Monday over the casual way that the accused were seated during the tea adjournment.
Brigadier Bongani Gininda started giving testimony on Monday, where he began detailing how one of the five accused made admissions about his involvement in Meyiwa’s murder.
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A scuffle broke out when a warder flagged the informal manner in which the accused were seated during the tea adjournment.
The fight began during a short adjournment as the accused were sitting casually after one of the wardens tried to get the men to change the way they were sitting.
The defence in the Senzo Meyiwa trial has told the court that one of the places where one of the accused was assaulted has since been developed into a shopping complex and does not show on GPS.
A Car Track executive was given precise dates to compile a report on GPS data after two of the defendants claimed to have been assaulted by police several at stations to force them to confess.
A trial within a trial is playing out to determine the admissibility of confession statements by two of the five men accused.
A trial within a trial has seen several testimonies made to determine the admissibility of alleged confessions by two of the accused, who both claim to have been coerced and tortured into signing them.
The defence claims that police made multiple stops while escorting the second accused, Bongani Ntanzi, where they assaulted him to coerce him to sign confession statements.
In May 2020, Muzikawukhulelwa Sibiya was arrested for drug-related charges and kept at several police stations while he was being investigated for the football star’s murder.
The defence on Tuesday argued that Muzikawukhulelwa Sibiya, should have been issued a summons and not a warrant for arrest for a drug-related matter that he was charged with in 2019.
