By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continued in the High Court in Pretoria with lead investigator Brigadier Bongani Gininda’s testimony in the spotlight.
Gininda told the court that one of the accused made contact with Kelly Khumalo.
He told the court that through cellphone analysis they found that accused number 5, Fisokuhle Ntuli, had made contact with Khumalo.
Khumalo was the Bafana Bafana captain’s girlfriend at the time.
Gininda also said there is no statement in the docket which suggests there was another person injured or shot. Either by the people inside the house or those outside. Other than the deceased being shot.
“The only inference of a person who was shot and rushed to the hospital is the deceased. Furthermore my Lord, there was blood found at scene and the linkages of the blood go to the deceased. There is no other blood, which is unknown or that we could not link.
“Therefore my Lord I could not find supporting evidence that Longwe shot himself. Or that he was even shot on that specific day.”
The five accused are Muzikawukhulelwa Sthemba Sibiya, Bongani Sandiso Ntanzi, Mthobisi Prince Ncube, Mthokoziseni Ziphozonke Maphisa, and Ntuli.
The people who were in the house that day were Meyiwa, Kelly and her younger sister, Zandile, their mother Ntombi Khumalo (MaKhumalo), Longwe Twala, Meyiwa’s friends, Mthokozisi Thwala and Tumelo Madlala, Kelly’s then 4-year-old son, Christian, and Thingo, her daughter with Meyiwa.
All the accused have pleaded not guilty to charges of premeditated murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, illegal possession of a firearm and the illegal possession of ammunition.