Defence advocate Thulani Mngomezulu said investigators brought cooked evidence to the court
The defence concluded its arguments on Monday, emphasising that its clients were tortured into confessing
In its closing arguments the state said the accused were not assaulted to force them to confess to killing the football player
State prosecutor George Baloyi objected to reopening the trial within a trial, saying Meyiwa’s family was entitled to finality in the matter
First accused Muzikawukhulelwa Sibiya also wants Hawks detective Warrant Officer Meshack Makhubo and Colonel Vincent Leshabane in court
A case of assault has been opened against the accused after a fight broke out with a prison warder on Monday
The defence advocate previously told the court his clients were tortured into signing confessions
The prison guard told the court he had objected to how the men were seated and they had replied that they would hit him
The defence questions Constable Nkosingphile Maphumulo’s professionalism after he admits to not taking notes
Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng rules that the accused’s rights were violated when his alleged confession was recorded without his knowledge
Defence advocate Thulani Mngomezulu said the rights of his clients were violated
State witness Captain Mmampshedi demurred when asked to comment on Zandile Khumalo’s earlier testimony that the hat belonged to one of the intruders on the day the footballer was killed
Advocate Zandile Mshololo tells the court that the defence must be furnished with evidence before the state calls a new witness
Defence lawyers accuse the police constable of fabricating his version of events at a Vosloorus hostel, hours before the football star was murdered
Defence advocate Zithulele Nxumalo told the Pretoria high court that his client, Mthokoziseni Maphisa, did not know state witness Constable Sizwe Zungu outside of court
State witness Constable Sizwe Zungu tells court that men accused of the footballer’s murder were carrying firearms
Dr Johannes Steenkamp said the soccer player bled heavily internally, from damage to the heart and the lungs
State witness Sergeant Mandla Masondo confirmed that the gun could be linked to a taxi-related murder case
The sixth state witness, a childhood friend of the football star, told the Pretoria high court that he was beaten and ‘tubed’ into the early hours of the morning
Court told of images found on the cellphone of accused number three Mthokozisi Ncube
The witness could not prove that it was accused number five who made calls to Meyiwa’s girlfriend, Kelly Khumalo
Accused number two, Bongani Ntanzi, denies being in contact with other suspects
Police data analyst told the court there had also been cellphone communication between the five men on trial
Nthabiseng Petunia Mokete told the court the third shot fired on the night the Bafana Bafana captain was murdered went off after three men ran past the house
Third state witness Nthabiseng Pertunia Mokete said she saw three men run from near the Khumalo house towards the park
The second state witness told the court he and other neighbours had searched the area for intruders after they heard a commotion at the Khumalo family home
Zandile Khumalo, the first witness, did not attend an identification parade of the five suspects that are in court
Khumalo, the first witness in the new trial for the footballer’s October 2014 murder, said two intruders entered through the kitchen door and demanded money and phones