Senzo Meyiwa: Constable claims he went to bottle store with accused

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A police constable, who alleges he was with five men accused of killing Senzo Meyiwa on the day the former Bafana Bafana captain was killed, is being cross-examined in the Pretoria High Court.

Constable Sizwe Zungu alleges he was at a hostel in Vosloorus to see his nephew when he met with the accused and drank alcohol with them.He placed all five accused at the hostel on 26 October 2014.

He alleges they used a red Fiat Uno to travel to the bottle store to buy alcohol and that accused number three, Mthobisi Mncube, was in the vehicle. "On the day in question, the vehicle we were using was a smaller vehicle - I took it that it was an Uno. It could have been that it was a smaller VW or a smaller Polo."

Mnisi now requests the state to plug in a memory stick which contains 784 downloaded photos from the cellphone of Mncube . There is a specific photo he wants to use as evidence in his cross-examination. ' EWN Reporter October 2, 2023 Mnisi continues to dispute that Zungu was with the accused on the day. He claims Zungu has fabricated his story. Photos shown in court show accused 3, Mthobisi Mncube, and accused 4, Mthokoziseni Maphisa, standing next to each other and drinking alcohol.

 

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