‘I need something stronger’: secret recording played in court reveals police may have consumed alcohol after killing Nathaniel Julies
Earlier this year, the Independent Investigative Directorate said 49 cases of police brutality had been recorded since the start of the lockdown.
Day three of the trial got underway on 6 October with arguments relating to the admissibility of a secret recording in which a woman’s voice, said to be that of junior constable Caylene Whiteboy, can be heard discussing a cover-up story with other officers about Julies’ death. Defence attorneys for the three accused opposed the state’s plan to air the recording in court, arguing it violated laws pertaining to unlawful interception.
State witness and junior ranking officer constable Mandla Sithole secretly recorded conversations he claims were between accused one, Whiteboy, and her senior, Ndyalvane. The pair face five counts including murder, perjury, defeating the ends of justice and possession of illegal ammunition. The ammunition, according to Sithole, was meant to support the South African Police Service’s version that a shoot-out between police and suspects accused of stealing car parts led to the teenager being killed in the crossfire. “I am going to get arrested, ne,” she says in the recording, to which a few voices chorus in response, “No, you are not.”
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