State expected to call pathologist in Meyiwa murder trial

The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues in the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday morning, with the state expected to call a pathologist to the stand.

Five men are on trial for their alleged involvement in the football star’s murder in October 2014.

On Monday, the state called two new witnesses.

The first one was the landlord of the property where one of the accused, Mthobisi Mncube, was staying when he was arrested for a separate matter.

Mncube’s then-landlord, Chipane Kgaphola testified that the accused sported dreadlocks when he came with a female companion, believed to be Tefu, looking for a place to rent.

He said the pair moved in the same month and paid full rent for the month of January before paying for February as well.

Kgaphola said he only heard from his caretaker that the accused was arrested and removed from the premises in chains.

“At the end of January, they paid the rent for February, and then later, I received a report that he had been arrested and had left the premises in chains. But I didn’t personally witness that. The girlfriend continued to occupy the room and rent was paid again at the end of the month of February,” Kgaphola adds.

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Additional reporting by Sipho Kekana.