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Advocate Charles Mnisi who represents accused number 3 and 1 in the Senzo Meyiwa case.
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial has been postponed to 3 February 2025 to allow Advocate Charles Mnisi to prepare for the defence of accused number 1, Muzi Sibiya.
Mnisi agreed to represent Sibiya after the passing of his lawyer Thulani Mngomezulu in December last year. Mnisi also represents accused 3, Mthobisi Mncube.
“I deem it prudent to be afforded the opportunity to read the record as they relate to accused 1. All the assertions made by him and consult with him of whether he has witnessed. I request to be afforded the opportunity because this reading is voluminous. If I can be afforded an opportunity for two weeks to read through the record of about 35 000 pages,” Mnisi requests.
Mnisi has been questioning lead investigator Bongani Gininda about warning statements that have been submitted without a police badge.
The statements are usually used by the police to warn suspect of their rights, which include the right to remain silent, before being questioned.
Five men are on trial for the 2014 murder of the Bafana Bafana captain in the High Court in Pretoria. Gininda says the absence of a badge does not mean the statements presented in court are not a police document.
However, Mnisi has a different view. “He is saying that the national commissioner is telling this court that there is no authority that says what specific documents must be used when a warning statement is to be taken. From a suspect. So basically why I’m embarking on this, so seemingly tedious exercise. It’s not tedious, it’s seemingly tedious.”
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