JOHANNESBURG - Suspended EMPD deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi and his co-accused continue their bid for bail in the Brakpan Magistrate's Court.
They face charges of murder, robbery and defeating the ends of justice in connection with the killing of Emmanuel Mbense.
IPID senior investigator Nomsa Masuku told the court that Wiandre Pretorius, known as Witness D,
may have killed himself after a DNA report allegedly placed him inside Mbense’s bedroom on the night of the murder.
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His wife Juan-Maree Eksteen has since been added as accused number six.
Masuku also told the court that Mbense was allegedly assaulted for nearly five hours at his Brakpan home,
before his body was dumped in a dam near Nigel.
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