Senzo Meyiwa trial | Another detective in the hot seat

PRETORIA - Were two of the accused in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial tortured into making confessions?

WATCH | Justice for Meyiwa | Defence continues tracking police movements

The Pretoria High Court will have to decide if those confessions should be admitted as evidence.

Detectives involved in the case were in the hot seat and face gruelling cross-examination.

Lead investigator Batho-bakae Mogola was probed on the arrests and transporting the accused.

Muzi Sibiya and Bongani Ntanzi maintain police made several stops where they were assaulted.

Accused 1 Muzi Sibiya was arrested on 30 May 2020 for a drug-related case in Tembisa.

A few hours later, he allegedly confessed to Senzo Meyiwa's murder.

A detective who arrested Sibiya says he wanted to make admissions on the murder shortly after the arrest.

Sibiya claims he was assaulted and tortured by police including EMPD officers, into making a confession.

He says the assault started shortly after his arrest in Tembisa, and continued at a municipal building in Vosloorus.

She insists that Sibiya elected to confess.

Court records revealed that Sibiya had raised a complaint when appearing in court.

Lawyer for accused 1 and 2, Thulani Mngomezulu said, "at some stage accused number 1 requested to the presiding officer he be kept in prison because he was being assaulted."

Accused 2 Bongani Ntanzi claims police deviated from their route on three occasions where he was assaulted and forced into signing a prepared statement.

He claims during that time, Mogola arrived with the lead investigating officer Brigadier Bongani Gininda.

Holes continued to be poked into the defence's argument.

While Ntanzi says his assault started near a petrol station in Alberton, a car tracking report cast doubt on his version of events.

It showed Mogane's vehicle parked at a garage in Alberton.

At this point, this is when Mogane claims his vehicle was faulty.

And then there's the mysterious stop at Chris Baragwanath Hospital, where Ntanzi says Mogane picked up Colonel Raphudu, before another round of beatings.

But the evidence presented by the defence was under scrutiny, with the court also seeking clarity on the events unfolded.

But in a painstaking attempt, his lawyer stuck to his guns...with not much success.

Ntanzi and Sibiya insist their confessions were not made freely and voluntarily and want them not to be admitted as evidence in court.

Meanwhile, Sergeant Vusumuzi Mogane will return to the stand to answer more questions stemming from the report.