By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
An autopsy report compiled three days after Joannesburg teacher Kirsten Kluyts was murdered in George Lea Park in Sandton, suggests she was not raped.
The accused has been testifying for a third day in the Alexandra Regional Court on Tuesday in a bail application.
He told the court that he complied with law enforcement since his arrest and he has no intention of running away.
The student is accused of raping and and murdering 34-year-old Kluyts in October.
He also told the court that the only crime he is guilty of, is stealing Kluyts clothing and not the murder.
“On that day, the crime that I committed was talking her clothes. I have never committed crimes before. When the police came to me and ask me, I did not deny it. I did say that I took the clothes. When they asked me to open my phone, I did. I did not resist anything. They searched my room and I complied with everything because I know that I did not commit the crime. The only crime that I will agree to is that I did take the clothes and throw them away.”
During proceedings, the accused read out the autopsy report in court, which stated: “Pelvic walls: Intact and showed no abnormalities.”
“Genital organs: there no were obvious injuries noted on the external genitalia, labia, anus, perineal area and the vaginal canal. The uterus contained a male foetus weighing 54 grams whose gestational age is plus minus 14 weeks.”
“From my understanding of this is there is no injuries on the private parts,” the suspect said.
Earlier, the state cross-examined the accused about that the injuries he saw on the victim.
State prosecutor Ayanda Bakana handed the suspect photos of Kluyts’ body in the mortuary, with the images revealing that her injuries were extensive.
The photos show injuries on the victim’s cheek, chin and mouth. Her eyes were also swollen. Kluyts’ nose and teeth were full of blood.
Her body also had a number of scratches.
According to the state, Kluyts was struck with a blunt object before she was smothered and strangled until she died.
The 21-year-old student is adamant he did not rape nor murder Kluyts.
The accused’s lawyer, Advocate Itumeleng Masako, informed the court that the defence believed the state’s case was weak. The bail hearing has been adjourned until Wednesday.