Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng during the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial at Pretoria High Court on 17 July. Picture: Gallo Images/Phill Magakoe
Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng emphasised that he was making a ruling, and not a judgment, and it could be reviewed in the main trial. “Accordingly, the only reason advanced in the judgment for admitting the confession was that the evidence given by the appellant was unsatisfactory. The evidence which he relied upon in reaching this conclusion is all given after the confession was admitted and it’s related to the contents of the confession rather than the alleged coercion.
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