The defence has argued the accused were tortured and assaulted into signing the prepared confessions.
The state has claimed Ntanzi made a confession about his alleged involvement in Meyiwa’s murder at the station before Colonel Moholo Solomon Raphadu at the Moroka Police Station in Soweto on , the second confession statement was taken down by Magistrate Vivian Cronje in the presence of his then lawyer at the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court.
“Only after this court has heard the other evidence will this court be in a position to join the evidence which was heard in the trial-in-a-trial and that which was heard within the merits and draw a joint judgment which incorporates both of these exigencies,” he explained.Earlier, defence lawyer, Sipho Ramosepele made his closing arguments before the court.
It was heard in court that Ntanzi was booked out for at least 17 hours on 18 June, when the accused was transported to his former workplace in North West.
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