Meyiwa murder accused 1 would be injured if assaulted: Gininda

Accused 1, 2 and 3, Muzi Sibiya, Bongani Ntanzi, and Prince Mncube seating in the dock at the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial in Pretoria.

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Lead investigator in the former Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa murder case, Brigadier Bongani Gininda, says if accused number one Muzi Sibiya was repeatedly assaulted as he alleges, he would have suffered serious injuries.

Five men are on trial at the High Court in Pretoria for Meyiwa’s murder in 2014.

Sibiya alleges he was assaulted by the police officers at various locations following his arrest in May 2020.

The alleged assault is said to have taken place at Diepkloof police station, where he was allegedly kicked and suffocated before being forced to sign a confession statement.

Responding to Defence Counsel Adv. Charles Mnisi, Gininda says he was not present during the alleged assault, however, Sibiya would have had injuries if he had been kicked by officers wearing the military boots.

He says, “The way he puts it, with these military boots if we are kicked by those members who are trained, I’m finding it very strange that no occurrence book when he was detained will show will indicate that he could not walk properly, because you’re talking about an elite team that is trained to deal with volatile situations.”

“Wearing military boots, kicking someone for the second time, kicked over and over again, he’s being kicked again in Diepkloof, yet the occurrence books that followed after do not indicate that there was ever a complaint of injuries, of pain, none whatsoever. This is really not true.”