Innholdsfortegnelse for 2022-06-10 i Daily Voice

Injuries The State said the manner in which the teen was killed did not coincide with the injuries she sustained. State advocate Renee Uys said: “It can only be deduced that in considering all the injuries, she was assaulted to be submissive during the rape, and murdered thereafter”. She asked the court to accept the evidence provided in the testimony of a single witness, being the rape survivor, based on the consistency and clarity she provided during testimony. “The accused failing to testify after making multiple admissions and the State calling six witnesses is alarming. “Statements by the accused being put to the State witnesses is not evidence. The court thus has no version by the accused before it,” Uys said.…

THREE more people are accused of being involved in the mob justice attack on Bolt driver Abongile Mafalala. The family of 19-year-old Charne Johnson cried snot en trane as the trio charged with murder were sent to Pollsmoor Prison. Johnson appeared at the Wynberg Magistrates’ Court alongside Antonio Bailey, 46, and Ivan Ruiters, 44, who were busted after being linked to videos of the vicious attack which went viral on social media. Mafalala, 30, was beaten to death by over 100 residents before he was set alight last week following false accusations that he had tried to kidnap two girls in Parkwood. His vehicle was also set on fire. Charged While Grassy Park cops initially arrested 14 people, it was revealed in court on Monday that the state prosecutor had…