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A new piece of evidence suggests that Longwe Twala was the one who shot Senzo Meyiwa to death. Twala shot Meyiwa and fled the scene, according to Tumelo Madlala’s testimony at the Pretoria High Court.
Even though things got off to a slow start, with the court adjourning twice before 1pm, there may have been a light at the end of the tunnel. According to the Sunday World, Longer Twala, Chicco Twala’s son, shot and killed Senzi Meyiwa before fleeing the scene.
“A statement approved by Tumelo Madlala suggests that Longwe, the son of musician Chicco Twala, killed Senzo Meyiwa and ran off. This damning evidence was revealed by the defence counsel for accused number one to four, Timothy Thobane, during the cross-examination of Madlala at the high court in Pretoria on Monday” wrote Sunday World
Tumelo Madlala first testified in September as one of the witnesses present the day Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa was shot at his girlfriend’s home in Vooslorus in 2014.
Tumelo Madlala has not agreed or denied what was written on the statement and read to him. However, the court heard that Madlala was unable to reveal whether Longwe Twala pulled the trigger, implying that he did not see Twala with a gun.
However, Madlala could only confirm that Twala fled the scene shortly after the shooting.
“I was for the first time to see Longwe Twala, and I did not tell anyone or the Meyiwa family that Senzo was killed by Longwe Twala, because he did not have a firearm with him, instead he ran away.” read the statement
While Madlala’s testimony initially left Mzansi in disbelief, as they felt as though that Madlala was on the defense mode the entire time, by evading almost every question posed to him rather than giving his testimony.
“Thobane asked Madlala to explain what made him to put this in writing, to which Madlala said the statement was written by a police officer. Madlala said he only answered the questions and the officer penned the statement. This despite having agreed before giving his response that indeed he signed and approved all his statements” wrote Sunday World
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