arrived at the crime scene at midnight on the day of the shooting, took photos and prepared the sketch plan. He returned to the crime scene the following morning with other police officials, the court heard on Tuesday.
Meyiwa was gunned down at the home of his girlfriend’s mother in Vosloorus, east of Johannesburg, in 2014.Lawyer: When you arrived the next morning with Lt Col Mhlalo, can you just explain to the court what was the position regarding the preservation of the scene?SABC News’ Hasina Gori is reporting from Pretoria High Court:On Monday, advocate Malesela Teffo for one of the accused threatened to take the Department of Correctional Services to court.
This was despite a department official telling the court that they had the legal right to keep him there.Meanwhile, Correctional Services doctors say they did not find any physical injuries on Mncube. Giving the court feedback on the matter, prosecutor, advocate George Baloyi told the court an investigation on the matter is ongoing.
“The doctors’ report indicated [that] there are no physical injuries. The head of the correctional services contacted the station commander of the central police station to dispatch SAPS officials to afford Mr Mncube the opportunity to open a case as requested. Indeed a case was opened, and there’s also an investigating officer allocated to the matter. There’s also an internal investigation that is ongoing and has not been finalised yet.
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