JOHANNESBURG - Sergeant Thabiso Mohale of the Gauteng Crime Scene Investigations Unit is expected to take the stand in the trial-within-a-trial of the attempted murder case involving businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala.
Mohale is set to testify about photographs he took at the scene where alleged hitman Musa Kekana was arrested.
Matlala, his wife Tsakani, Kekana, Tiego Mabusela, and Nthabiseng Nzama face 25 counts linked to alleged botched assassination attempts.
The five appeared in the Johannesburg High Court on Tuesday as proceedings continued.
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Kekana has alleged that police suffocated and tortured him during his arrest, claims now being tested in the trial-within-a-trial.
On Tuesday, paramedic Mary Nkgapele, who treated Kekana at the scene, testified that he did not complain of being in pain.
However, Nkgapele conceded that she should have recorded Kekana’s allegations of police assault in her report.
Mohale’s evidence is expected to focus on photographs taken during the arrest and could shed light on Kekana’s condition at the scene.
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