THE murder trial of former Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa continues in the North Gauteng High Court.
On Tuesday morning, 6 September, state prosecutor Advocate George Baloyi is expected to wrap up his arguments on why an application for a special entry is not to be made on the record, and that they acted irregularly by withholding docket 375 from accused five.
Advocate Zandile Mshololo for accused number five has told the court that the previous non-disclosure of the second docket in the murder trial was a direct violation of her client’s constitutional rights.
She told the court that had the state furnished them with the contents of the dockets, her client would have pleaded differently.
Baloyi has argued the issue of disclosure has been dealt with before court, and that the application was premature.
He said the special entries could be done if a guilty verdict has been given, which wasn’t the case now.
“The special entry is a route to an appeal court and therefore presuppose that there must be a verdict of guilty, and we are making a submission that there hasn’t been such a verdict,” he said.
After Baloyi’s submission, Judge Tshifhiwa Maumela is expected to deliver his judgment on the application.
Meanwhile, first state witness Sergeant Thabo Mosia, who was among the first people to arrive at the Vosloorus home of Kelly Khumalo, who was Senzo’s girlfriend, following the shooting in 2014, is also expected to continue with his cross-examination by advocate Mshololo.
