Lawyers for one of the accused have requested a further postponement of five days in order to consult with some witnesses and to get further particulars from the State on the statements that they received.
JOHANNESBURG - There have been further delays in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, which was meant to kick off on Tuesday.
Five men have been in the dock for a second day this week for the 2014 murder of the Bafana Bafana captain. Meyiwa was gunned down at the home of his girlfriend, singer Kelly Khumalo, in Vosloorus East of Johannesburg. On Monday, Advocate Zandile Mshololo requested a single-day postponement to allow her time to consult with her client, Sifisokuhle Ntuli, saying that the State had withheld crucial statements until the eleventh hour."From the information that is contained in the statement, it transpired that we need to consult with the defence witnesses, some of them who are in this division and some of them who are not in this division.
But the State’s Advocate George Baloyi said that the defence was simply not ready to proceed and should not use the delivery of statements as an excuse.He told Advocate Mshololo that this should be the final postponement.
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