In the Dock: Duduzane's defence team calls for culpable homicide case against him to be dropped By Bheki C. Simelane colibheki
’s defence attorney Michael Hellens has applied for a discharge of the culpable homicide case against his client.s defence attorney Hellens invoked section 174 of the criminal Procedure Act which states that if at the close of the case for the prosecution at any trial, the court is of the opinion that there is no evidence that the accused committed the offence referred to in the charge or any offence of which he may be convicted on the charge, it may return a verdict of not guilty.
In the Randburg Magistrates Court on Wednesday, Hellens argued that the State had no evidence to support its charges, that it had no evidence to prove that Zuma failed to exercise control of his car.Hellens said the state failed to lay blameworthiness on Zuma. He said no reasonable court would come to a different conclusion.Take all the evidence by the state witnesses, step back and look at it carefully to establish if there was evidence that Zuma was reckless in his driving.
He said at the scene, it was raining slightly but he found no still standing water on the road and there was nothing on the road that could have given rise to the accident. “My conclusion was that the factor might have been human error,” said Van Loggerenberg. Hellens asked Van Loggerenberg if it was perhaps possible that he did not see a puddle of water. Van Loggerenberg responded that this was not the case in this incident.
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