Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Four policemen have been acquitted on murder charges for the death of Mthokozisi Ntumba. Ntumba was killed during a student protest in Braamfontein. He was not part of the student mass action, but was leaving a doctor’s office.
Advocate Thomas Mahope, for Kekana, told the court the State never “presented any eyewitness who saw the deceased being shot by the accused on 10 March 2021 at De Beers Street”.
He also accused the investigating officer of seeking to “mislead the court with her unfounded allegations”.
Mahope said the investigating officer allegedly identified the accused from a video that was not handed over to the court as an exhibit and therefore the court should disregard that piece of evidence.
Moseki said the accused were at the crime scene, shooting randomly.
“The legal representative of the accused argued that the accused were acting in accordance with the instructions of their commander, but they did not justify the conduct of the accused of shooting the deceased in count one, and victims in count two to four.”
Judgment is expected on Tuesday morning.
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