Accused one Sibiya distances himself from Meyiwa murder scene

Accused number one in Senzo Meyiwa trial, Muzi Sibiya.

Accused number 1 in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial Muzi Sibiya is expected back on the stand Friday morning at the High Court in Pretoria.

Sibiya is being cross-examined after he gave evidence in chief.

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Sibiya and four of his co-accused are on trial for the murder of Meyiwa in Vosloorus, East of Johannesburg in 2014.

He has refuted claims that he was with the state’s key witness Constable Sizwe Zungu on the day the footballer was killed.

He told the court he only met the police officer in 2017.

Constable Zungu has placed all five accused at Basotho Hostel on the day of the alleged hit.

Responding to questions from defence counsel, Sipho Ramosepele, Sibiya says he is baffled as to why Zungu would allege that they were all at the hostel the day of Meyiwa’s murder.

“I’m sitting here and scratching my head baffled. You meet Constable Zungu for the first time in 2017. What will make him to come here in court, take an oath and implicate you in a murder scene, in a murder case?” asked Ramosepele.

Sibiya says he does not know the reason as to why Constable Zungu would place him at the scene of crime that took place in 2014.

WATCH | Accused number one in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, Muzi Sibiya, says he only met the State’s star witness, Constable Sizwe Zungu in 2017, three years after the Bafana Bafana captain’s death. Zungu testified in 2023 that he was with Sibiya and his four co-accused at a… pic.twitter.com/y2R2czVDJN

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