The defense in the Senzo Meyiwa trial has grilled the state’s latest witness, Constable Jabulani Buthelezi on having acted outside of the law in how accused 1, Muzi Sibiya, was arrested and detained.thHe says following the arrest, the accused was transported to a local hostel in Vusumuzi Section in Tembisa, the Basothon Hostel in Vosloorus, and Aeroton before he was detained at a police station in Pretoria.“The Investigating Officer said we should go to the Vusumuzi Hostel.
Buthelezi who was part of the escort of accused 1, Muzi Sibiya, and 2, Bongani Ntanzi, to the taking down of their confessions has denied he acted outside of the scope of his work when he carried out the arrest of Sibiya.Following the arrest, Buthelezi says live ammunition, a magazine and a cleaning rod were found in Sibiya’s place of residence in Tembisa and a charge of unlawful possession of ammunition was added against him.“He took us to the room and told us we would find his ID in there.
The trial within a trial looking into the admissibility of confession statements by the first two accused, pointings-out by accused 1 as well as warning statement from accused 3, 4 and 5. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.