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Leon Sadiki/City Press/Gallo Images/Getty Images A police officer is on his fifth day of cross-examination in the murder trial of former North West deputy police commissioner William Mpembe and five other officers. The officers are on trial for murder and attempted murder following events on 13 August 2012 in Marikana. Defence lawyer are comparing the sequence of events he had given in a witness statement, to evidence he gave in court. The murder trial of former North West deputy police commissioner Major General William Mpembe and his five co-accused continued in the North West High Court in Mahikeng on Monday when defence advocate Kobus Burger continued with his cross-examination of Sergeant Benjamin Mahume. ....
Leon Sadiki/City Press/Gallo Images/Getty Images Former North West deputy police commissioner William Mpembe is charged with murder and attempted murder following events that happened at Lonmin K3 shaft in Marikana on 13 August, three days before the massacre. Five people were killed after a stand-off between police officers and striking miners. The trial is expected to continue until 28 May. Could it be that tear gas and stun grenades fired by the police at striking Marikana miners on 13 August 2012 caused the chaos that resulted in deaths and injuries, or did the police act because they were being attacked? These are some of the questions the North West High Court may be confronted with as the trial against former provincial deputy police commissioner William Mpembe and five other officers continues. ....
Felix Dlangamandla/Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Image William Mpembe s lawyer believes a police officer s testimony was far from the truth of what happened in Marikana. The officer was under cross-examination for the third day on Thursday. Mpembe s lawyer took issue with a statement the officer had previously made, compared to the evidence he gave in court. The North West High Court in Mahikeng on Thursday continued with the cross-examination of State witness, Sergeant Benjamin Mahume, in the trial of former provincial deputy police commissioner, William Mpembe, and five other officers. Mpembe s lawyer, advocate Jan Ellis, cross-examined Mahume for the third day before Judge Tebogo Djaje. ....