A fourth protected witness in the Glebelands Eight case, a one-time shebeen owner and seemingly former confidante of the men standing trial, has testified about one of the accused — a relative — being complicit in murder and attempted murder at Umlazi’s Glebelands Hostel.
At the start of proceedings on Tuesday 17 September, accused one, former Durban Central plainclothes detective Bhekukwazi Mdweshu, submitted a formal admission stating that blood found on a Sunfoil oil bottle at the scene of a shooting in 2014 was his.that Mdweshu’s advocate, Martin Krog, conceded to the blood belonging to his client, but denied the State’s assertion that Mdweshu was wounded during the 2014 attack.
The attack encompasses counts four to seven of the State’s indictment, and led to charges of attempted murder being levelled against Mdweshu and five of his co-accused: Khayelihle Mbuthuma, Vukani Mcobothi, Eugene Wonderboy Hlophe , Ncomekile Ntshangase and Mbuyiselwa Mkhize. Even though he was so close to the violence at the hostel, the witness claimed to have genuine concerns about innocent people being harmed during the Block R attack.I said not everyone at Block R [was a problem], and others might be injured. I asked what if one of ours is injured during the attack.
The others, according to the witness, were Mdweshu, accused six Mbuyiselwa Mkhize, accused three Vukani Mcobothi, accused five — Mdweshu’s cousin Ncomekile Ntshangase — and accused two, Khayelihle Mbuthuma.[The Hlophe brothers] explained to me Mdweshu was sitting because he had been shot; they asked me to take him to hospital.
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