The high court in Johannesburg ruled on Monday that a confession made by an accused in the 2018 murder of retired crime intelligence official Maj-Gen Hendrick Mogoerane is admissible.
Johannesburg high court judge Majake Mabesele made the ruling after a trial within a trial to determine the admissibility of the confession statement by Mzweshinga Zondo, one of the six accused, a few days after his arrest on June 2 2018.The contents of the confession statement will be known on Tuesday when the police officer who obtained it will read it in court.
This led to Mabesele holding a trial within a trial to determine the admissibility of the statement. Col Joseph Mashabane, who took the confession statement from Zondo, testified that he did this after an interview with Zondo in isiZulu. “I did not know what was in those documents. Nothing was explained. I was told I must sign. He [the policeman] was in a hurry,” he said.
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