The Cape High Court on Monday was told of an early morning telephone call by Marike de Klerk’s alleged killer to his security control room to inform his employers he was going to a doctor.
Control room security guard Kolile Mbika told the court he was on duty the Sunday night that De Klerk died.
He told the court he received a call from the accused Luyanda Mboniswa at 4.50am on December 3 to say that he was going to see a doctor and would not be reporting for duty.
He told the court he made an entry about the call in the ncident book that was kept in the control room. Mboniswa did not explain why he needed to see a doctor.
Mboniswa has pleaded not guilty before Judge President John Hlophe and two assessors to a charge of murder, one of rape and one of robbery as well as one of housebreaking.
Another security guard also based in the control room run by Securicor Gray Denver Collins told the court he received a call from Mboniswa at about 7am saying he was going to see a doctor. He too made an entry in the book.
The hearing which was due to start at 9.30am on Monday was delayed for two hours due to the absence of one of the defence lawyers, Hugo Rossouw.
When Rossouw finally arrived he cross examined a previous witness Kelvin Cornelius, a senior security officer based at the Dolphin Beach complex where De Klerk lived.
Cornelius testified last week about how he discovered De Klerk’s body on the floor of her flat 48 hours after she died.
Questioned by Rossouw he said De Klerk’s hairdresser, who was not named, was in the apartment with him and knelt beside De Klerk’s body and started weeping hysterically.
Cornelius said he took a sheet from De Klerk’s bed and placed it over her body to prevent the hairdresser from touching her.
The hearing continues. – Sapa