More police evidence for confession admissibility to be heard in Meyiwa trial

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One of the accused's lawyers argued he was forced to sign an already-written statement, which the State, however, argued was confessed freely and voluntarily and should be admitted as evidence, alongside another accused's statement.

JOHANNESBURG - More police evidence was expected to be heard in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial on Monday morning, as the admissibility of alleged confessions is being argued.

Sibiya's lawyer, Sipho Ramosepele, argued that he was beaten by police and that plastic was used to suffocate him on at least three different occasions after his arrest, which forced him to confess on that very day. "My Lord, the police are fit - they are gyming . If he was beaten three times, he would not be able to walk. He would have to be brought by a wheelchair," Mbotho stated.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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